Definitions for houri

houri hou·ri

Spelling: [hoo r-ee, houuh r
IPA: /ˈhʊər i, ˈhaʊər i, ˈhaʊ ə ri/

Houri is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in houri (hioru).

Definitions for houri

noun

  1. one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.

Origin of houri

1730-40; French Persian hūrī Arabic ḥūr plural of ḥaurāʾ gazelle-eyed (woman)

Examples for houri

It was very like sitting in a bath, and, after the houri, we had to be carried a long way.

I am to pay her—imagine making a pecuniary arrangement with an houri!

This houri, comes she here from the clouds or from Aleppo, is mine.

As you have said,—a hundred purses for such an houri of the Franks.

He married this houri and she bore a daughter called Paramisuli.

To her Morgiana was fury, houri, and angel all in one moment.

Her features combined the witchery of a houri with the strength of intellect.

As we walked home "i' the grey o' the morning," I asked Fane who his "houri" was.

Who nightly turns the dwelling of horror into Mahomet's paradise with this houri.

She knew that soldiers were pointing at her, and passing the word "Look—a houri!"

Word Value for houri
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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