HOURI
Dictionary entry overview: What does houri mean? • HOURI (noun)
The noun HOURI has 2 senses:
1. a voluptuously beautiful young woman
2. (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
Familiarity information: HOURI used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOURI (noun)
Meaning:
A voluptuously beautiful young woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
houri; nymph
Hypernyms ("houri" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Meaning:
(Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("houri" is a kind of...):
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)
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