दहेज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

जहेज़ (jahez)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (jahiz), from Arabic جِهَاز‎ (jihāz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦeːz/

Noun

दहेज़ • (dahez) m (Urdu spelling دہيز‎)

dowry
अभी भी लोग दहेज़ क्यों माँगते हैं?
abhī bhī log dahez kyõ mā̃gte ha͠i?
Why do people still demand dowry?

Synonym: दायजा (dāyajā)

Declension

Declension of दहेज़
	Singular	Plural
Direct	दहेज़ (dahez)	दहेज़ (dahez)
Oblique	दहेज़ (dahez)	दहेज़ों (dahezõ)
Vocative	दहेज़ (dahez)	दहेज़ो (dahezo)

References

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

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