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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حوری (huri) (Turkish huri), from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُور (ḥūr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xûːrija/
- Hyphenation: hu‧ri‧ja
Noun
hȗrija f (Cyrillic spelling ху̑рија)
- (Islam) houri
Declension
References
- “hurija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
húrija f
- houri
- Synonym: huriska
Further reading
- “hurija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024