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houri (n.)
"nymph of Muslim paradise," 1737, from French
houri
(1650s), from Persian
huri
"nymph in Paradise," from Arabic
haura
"to be beautifully dark-eyed," like a gazelle +
-i
, Persian formative element denoting the singular.
