mahr

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mahr

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Borrowed from Arabic مَهْر (mahr).

noun mahrs

countable, uncountable A mandatory gift from the groom (or his family) to the bride (or her family) upon marriage in Islamic cultures.
Opposite: dowry

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noun a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures

Español	acidaque, mahr
日本語	マフル mafuru
हिन्दी	महर mahar
Kiswahili	mahari
Français	mahr
Deutsch	Brautgabe
Русский	махр maxr
العربية	مَهْر mahr, صَدَاق ṣadāq

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@misc{mahr_2026,
  title = {mahr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mahr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}