mahari

Français · Kiswahili

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

mahari

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مَهْر (mahr).

noun mahari

class ix dowry, bride price

In English

dowry property or payment given at time of marriage
bride price sum paid to the family of the bride
mahr a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride upon marriage in Islamic cultures

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"mahari." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/mahari. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mahari. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mahari

Chicago

"mahari." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mahari.

BibTeX

@misc{mahari_2026,
  title = {mahari},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/mahari},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}