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dowry death

dowry death noun: the murder or suicide of a woman as a result of harassment intended to elicit an increased dowry.

Noun

dowry death (plural dowry deaths)

  1. The murder or suicide of a woman as a result of harassment intended to elicit an increased dowry.

dowry death meaning in Tamil

dowry death in Tamil

வரதட்சணை மரணம்

Forms of dowry death

pluraldowry deaths

Questions about dowry death

What does dowry death mean?
Dowry death means the murder or suicide of a woman as a result of harassment intended to elicit an increased dowry.
What is dowry death in Tamil?
Dowry death in Tamil is வரதட்சணை மரணம். See Dowry death meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dowry death?
Dowry death is a noun.
What is the plural of dowry death?
The plural of dowry death is dowry deaths.

Words near dowry death in the dictionary

  1. dowrie
  2. dowried
  3. dowries
  4. dowriless
  5. dowry
  6. dowry death
  7. dowry deaths
  8. dowrying
  9. dowryless
  10. dows
  11. dowsabel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dowry death (page history and authors); dowry death (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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