दायजा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit दाय (dāya, “gift, present, donation”) + आद्य (ādya, “beginning with, preceding”).

Noun

दायजा • (dāyajā) m (Urdu spelling دايجا‎)

  1. dowry, marriage gift

Synonyms

References
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “दायजा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “दायजा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
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