English noun: houri | |||
1. | houri (person) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | ||
Synonyms | nymph | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman | ||
2. | houri (person) (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mythical being | ||
Domain category | Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism | ||