It is money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage. Also called dower.
there is no antonym to the word dowry
In Sanskrit, the word "thanal" corresponds to the term "sthala," which means "place" or "location."
lobolais the translation for dowry in tribal African wording
The Punjabi word sagan means when the family members on the girls side during a marriage go to the guys house and give gifts . kind of like dowry. you get?
Paraphenalia is a modern and maybe misspelled word for paraphernalia. (The "r" has been dropped.) It commonly means accessory items or equipment. Historically, it was used to refer to separate real or personal property of a married woman. {from a Greek word meaning dowry}
It is rare now a days that a woman is required to give her husband a dowry in order to get married. Sorry if this doesn't help.
No, there are no Dowry prohibition officers in Mumbai. But the Dowry is illegal if complained about.
The verb form of dowry is to endow.
its known as a dowry in England
Dowry Square was created in 1727.
Agnieszka's Dowry was created in 1996.
In the Bible Exodus 22:16, it talks about the dowry of virgins: what was included in the dowry of virgins