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dowry meaning in Nepali

दहेज

/ˈdaʊəɹi/

dowry in Nepali: दहेज. In English, dowry means payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

Nepali words for dowry

दहेज

English meaning of dowry

  1. noun Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
  2. noun Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family.
  3. noun Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow.
  4. noun A natural gift or talent.

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Questions about dowry in Nepali

What is the meaning of dowry in Nepali?
Dowry in Nepali is दहेज.
dowry को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Dowry: दहेज.
What does dowry mean in English?
Dowry means payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

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Nepali words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “dowry”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dowry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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