dowry meaning in Sanskrit
वर vára
/ˈdaʊəɹi/
dowry in Sanskrit: वर (vára), शुल्क (śulká), आहरण (āharaṇa). 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.
Sanskrit words for dowry
- dowry
- वर vára
- dowry, nuptial gift , dower, marriage settlement
- शुल्क śulká
- a dowry or present given to a bride
- आहरण āharaṇa
English meaning of dowry
- noun Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
- noun Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family.
- noun Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow.
- noun A natural gift or talent.
Synonyms of dowry
dowry in other languages
- dowry in Hindi
- dowry in Tamil
- dowry in Marathi
- dowry in Urdu
- dowry in Bengali
- dowry in Telugu
- dowry in Malayalam
- dowry in Kannada
- dowry in Punjabi
- dowry in Gujarati
- dowry in Nepali
- dowry in Tagalog
- dowry in Arabic
- dowry in Malay
- dowry in Indonesian
- dowry in Persian
- dowry in Thai
- dowry in Vietnamese
- dowry in Myanmar
Questions about dowry in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of dowry in Sanskrit?
- Dowry in Sanskrit is वर (vára), शुल्क (śulká), आहरण (āharaṇa).
- dowry इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Dowry: वर (vára), शुल्क (śulká), आहरण (āharaṇa).
- 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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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “dowry”: आहरण, वर, शुल्क. 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 Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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