houri – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
houri
n.
beautiful young virgin lady who takes care of Muslim men in paradise (Islamic belief); attractive and voluptuous woman (Slang)
Houri
In
Islamic mythology, the
houris or (plural of , "gazelle-eyed (woman)") or are commonly translated as "(splendid) companions of equal age (well-matched)", "lovely eyed", of "modest gaze", "pure beings" or "companions pure" of paradise, denoting humans and
jinn who enter
Jannah (
paradise) after being recreated anew in the hereafter.
houri
Noun
1. a voluptuously beautiful young woman
(synonym) nymph
(hypernym) woman, adult female
2. (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
(hypernym) mythical being
(classification) Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
houri (de)
n.
houri
Houri
(n.)
A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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