hurija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

  1. (Islam) houri

Declension

Declension of hurija
singular plural
nominative hurija hurije
genitive hurije hurija
dative huriji hurijama
accusative huriju hurije
vocative hurijo hurije
locative huriji hurijama
instrumental hurijom hurijama

References

  • hurija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xùːrija/

Noun

húrija f

  1. houri
    Synonym: huriska

Further reading

  • hurija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025