Houri

//ˈhʊəɹi//

Synonyms for "houri" (42 found)

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Translations

34 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

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  • حَوْرَاء noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Bulgarian

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  • хурия noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Carpathian Rusyn

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  • гу́рія noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Catalan

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  • hurí noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 天仙 noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)
  • 天女 noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Czech

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  • huriska noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Danish

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  • huri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Dutch

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  • hoeri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Finnish

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  • huuri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

French

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  • houri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

German

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  • Huri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Gujarati

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  • હૂર noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)
  • હૂરી noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Hindi

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  • हूर noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Indonesian

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  • haur noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Italian

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  • uri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Japanese

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  • フーリー noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)
  • 天女 noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Kazakh

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  • хор noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Persian

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  • حوری noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Polish

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  • hurysa noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Portuguese

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  • húri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Punjabi

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  • ਹੂਰ noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Russian

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  • гу́рия noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • hurija noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)
  • хурија noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Slovak

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  • huriska noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Slovene

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  • hurija noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)
  • huriska noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Spanish

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  • hurí noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Swedish

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  • huri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Turkish

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  • huri noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Uyghur

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  • ھۈر noun ((Islam) a nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin)

Sample sentences

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They went through the courtyard, past a naked copper houri tilting a water-jar that merely dripped[.]

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We cannot go into the technical details of his methodology but it allows Luxenberg, to the probable horror of all Muslim males dreaming of sexual bliss in the Muslim hereafter, to conjure away the wide-eyed houris promised to the faithful in suras XLIV.54; LII.20, LV.72, and LVI.22. Luxenberg's new analysis, leaning on the Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian, yields "white raisins" of "crystal clarity" rather than doe-eyed, and ever willing virgins - the houris.

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The repetition of material about the houri suggests that the popularization of that figure occurred as early as the ninth century and continued well into the twelfth century. By then, the houri had become a kind of metonymy for the Garden, as well as an accepted object. A new role of the houri as the superlative being of the Garden emerged through the use of traditions, and most of all the structure of the text. Al-Qadi's text provides an excellent example of the importance of the houri.

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What if in paradise there are no houris waiting? / What if but all you get are grapes, succulent grapes? / What if it's all just a mistake in the translation?

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