Where does “حوري” come from?

حوري (Arabic) comes from Arabic حُور, from Arabic حُورٌ عِينٌ — fair maidens, black-eyed ones.

حوري (Arabic): belonging to or relative to houris

Definitions

  1. belonging to or relative to houris

Ancestry of “حوري”, step by step

حوري traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic حُور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحُور—
2Arabicحُورٌ عِينٌfair maidens, black-eyed ones

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
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