mahr

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Borrowed from Arabic مَهْر (mahr).

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَهْر (mahr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Arabic: صَدَاق (ṣadāq) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Bashkir: мәһәр (məhər) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Bengali: মহর (mohor) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Ngazidja Comorian: mahari — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• French: mahr — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• German: Brautgabe — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Hindi: महर (mahar) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Indonesian: maskawin — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Indonesian: mahar — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Japanese: マフル (mafuru) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Malay: mas kahwin — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Malay: mahar — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Pashto: مهر (mahr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Persian: مهر (mahr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Persian: مهریه (mahriye) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Russian: махр (maxr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Serbo-Croatian: мехр — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Serbo-Croatian: mehr — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Spanish: acidaque — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Spanish: mahr — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Swahili: mahari — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Swedish: mahr — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Tajik: маҳр (mahr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Tatar: мәһәр (mähär) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Turkish: mehir — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Ottoman Turkish: مهر (mehr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Urdu: مہر (mahr) — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
• Uzbek: mahr — a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures