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beenah

beenah noun: an early form of marriage in Sri Lanka, where the man went to live with his wife's family as a relatively unimportant family member.

Noun

beenah (uncountable)

  1. An early form of marriage in Sri Lanka, where the man went to live with his wife's family as a relatively unimportant family member.

Forms of beenah

alternative formbeena

Questions about beenah

What does beenah mean?
Beenah means an early form of marriage in Sri Lanka, where the man went to live with his wife's family as a relatively unimportant family member.
What part of speech is beenah?
Beenah is a noun.

Words near beenah in the dictionary

  1. been used to
  2. been with
  3. been wrong
  4. beena
  5. Beenaafushi
  6. beenah
  7. Beenak
  8. beene
  9. Beenes
  10. Beenham
  11. beenie

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