houri
/ˈhʊərɪ/noun
(pl. houris)
- a beautiful young woman, especially one of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise年轻美女(尤指穆斯林虔信者进天国后被赐的处女女伴)。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from French, from Persian ūrī, from Arabic ūr, plural of 'awar 'having eyes with a marked contrast of black and white'.