English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aÊri|-aÊri
Noun
en-noun|dowri|es
- property|Property or payment brought by a wife or her family to a husband at the time of marriage. (In some cultures, it is the husband who pays the dowry to the wifeâs family.)
Synonyms
marriage portion
Related terms
dower
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|دÙطة unicode|(dó:Êa) f, ARchar|Ù
Ùر (mahr) m
Finnish: myötäjäiset
French: dot#French|dot f
German: Mitgift f
Greek: ÏÏοίκα (proÃka) f, ÏÏοίξ (proÃx) f, Îδνον (édnon) n
Hebrew: × ××× ×× (nÉdúnya) f
Ido: doto, doario
Irish: spré f
Italian: dote#Italian|dote f
mid
Korean: ì§ì°¸ê¸ (jichamgeum)
Kurdish: next#Kurdish|next m, qelen m
Latin: dos#Latin|dos f
Polish: posag m, wiano n
Portuguese: dote#Portuguese|dote m
Russian: пÑиданое (pridánoje) n
Serbian: miraz m, tal m
Spanish: dote#Spanish|dote m or f
Swedish: hemgift c
See also
glory box
hope chest
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