mahr
mahr noun: a mandatory gift from the groom (or his family) to the bride (or her family) upon marriage in Islamic cultures.
Noun
mahr (countable and uncountable, plural mahrs)
mahr meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mahr in Hindi
- a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
- महर mahar
mahr in Tamil
- மகமதியமணப்பரிசு, மஹர்
mahr in Urdu
- a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
- مہر mahr
mahr in Bengali
- a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures
- মহর mohor
More languagesFewer languages
- mahr in Gujarati
- મહર mahar
- mahr in Pashto
- مهر mahr
- mahr in Arabic
- مَهْر mahr, صَدَاق ṣadāq
- mahr in Malay
- mas kahwin, mahar
- mahr in Indonesian
- maskawin, mahar
- mahr in Persian
- مهر mahr, مهریه mahriye
Antonyms of mahr
Forms of mahr
| plural | mahrs |
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Origin of mahr
Borrowed from Arabic مَهْر (mahr).
Questions about mahr
- What does mahr mean?
- Mahr means a mandatory gift from the groom (or his family) to the bride (or her family) upon marriage in Islamic cultures.
- What is mahr in Hindi?
- Mahr in Hindi is महर (mahar). See Mahr meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mahr?
- Mahr is a noun.
- What is the plural of mahr?
- The plural of mahr is mahrs.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mahr (page history and authors); mahr (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મહર (Gujarati) (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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