दहेज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दहेज (dahej)
• जहेज़ (jahez)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جهیز (jahiz), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic جِهَاز (jihāz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦeːz/, [d̪ɐ.ɦeːz], /d̪ə.ɦeːd͡ʒ/, [d̪ɐ.ɦeːd͡ʒ]

Noun

दहेज़ • (dahez) m (Urdu spelling دہيز)

1. dowry

   (deprecated template usage)

   अभी भी लोग दहेज़ क्यों माँगते हैं?

   abhī bhī log dahez kyõ māṅgte ha͠i?

   Why do people still demand dowry?

   Synonym: दायजा (dāyjā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “dahez”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press