حور

Etymology

 * From the root.
 * The Arabic term for the is probably borrowed from, considering that
 * the range of distribution of the white poplar is outside Arabia, but inside the Aramaic language area
 * the Syriac root as well as this Syriac word are in broader use for terms related to whiteness in general and in botanical application
 * the Arabic has multiple vocalizations, ḥawwar, ḥawar, hawr (dialectally also ḥōr and ḥūr), of which ḥawwar sounds foreign for a plant name
 * But the insinuation by Alexander Borg 2007 that every Arabic word in this root denoting whiteness is a “substratal reflex” from 🇨🇬 is to be dismissed. Such a separation is not conceivable: The Arabic root means in as much “contrasting white” as it means “returning”, “changing one’s position or state”. In the same section Borg fails to earmark as Aramaic-borrowed or to outline any causally plausible chronology of color expressions.

Verb

 * 1) to be intensely white

Verb

 * 1) to make return
 * 2) to alter, to modify
 * 3) to turn about, to twist, to roll
 * 4) to whiten, to bleach

Noun

 * 1) intense whiteness
 * 1) intense whiteness

Noun



 * 1) poplar

Noun

 * 1) intensely white, yellow or red hides of which receptacles are made or covered

Descendants

 * Hindustani
 * Punjabi
 * Hindustani
 * Punjabi
 * Punjabi
 * Punjabi

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  houri, a beautiful virgin-nymph that resides in Paradise, a reward exclusively for Muslim believers
 * 2)  an incredibly beautiful woman