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Meaning of Dowry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈdaʊəɹi

Definitions

  1. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family.
    countable, uncommon, uncountable
  3. Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. A natural gift or talent.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A large amount.
    countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans bruidsprys lobola
العربية المهر سياق صدقة مهر نقد
Azərbaycanca cehiz
Беларуская ве́на выправа
Български вено зе́стра
Bosanski miraz вена мираз прћија
Català dot
Čeština věno
Cymraeg agweddi gwaddol
Dansk medgift
Deutsch Aussteuer Brautschatz Ehesteuer Heiratsgut Mitgift
Ελληνικά προίκα
Español dote prebenda
Eesti kaasavara
فارسی جهاز کابین مهر
Suomi myötäjäiset myötäjäislahja
Français dot
Gaeilge crodh spré
Galego dote
עברית נדוניה
हिन्दी दहेज़ दायजा
Hrvatski miraz вена мираз прћија
Magyar hozomány
Հայերեն օժիտ
Bahasa Indonesia berian mahar
Italiano dote
日本語 持参金
ქართული მზითევი
Қазақша жасау
ខ្មែរ ជំនូន
한국어 지참금 혼수
Kurdî doş dot dot
Latina dos maritagium
Lëtzebuergesch Dott
Latviešu purs
Македонски мираз чеиз
മലയാളം സ്ത്രീധനം
मराठी हुंडा
Nederlands bruidsschat
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ داج ਦਾਜ
Polski część posąg sposób wiano
Português dote
Română dotă zestre
Русский вено приданое
Slovenčina veno
Shqip pajë prikë
Српски miraz вена мираз прћија
Svenska hemgift
Kiswahili mahari
தமிழ் சீதனம் வரதட்சணை
ไทย สินสอด
Tagalog bigay-kaya dote ubad
Türkçe başlık çeyiz drahoma
Українська віно придане
اردو جہیز دہیز مہر
IsiZulu ilobolo

Examples

“The family of the groom makes sure the new couple has a house to live in and land to cultivate; they will also pay for the dowry (crucial, for without dowry the new father has no rights over his children; Trouwborst 1962: 136ff.)”
“But no palace had so fair a ceiling; for from the wooden beams were suspended a whole dowry of copper vessels—pails, cauldrons, water pots, of every colour from lustrous black to the palest pink.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dowry death dowrying dowryless dows dowse Dowsed

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