दहेज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

दहेज (dahej)
जहेज़ (jahez)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jahīz), from Arabic جهاز (jahāz, jihāz). Influenced by दायजा (dāyjā), from Sanskrit. Compare Punjabi ਦਹੇਜ (dahej).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦeːz/, [d̪ɐ.ɦeːz], /d̪ə.ɦeːd͡ʒ/, [d̪ɐ.ɦeːd͡ʒ]

Noun

दहेज़ • (dahez) m (Urdu spelling دہیز)

dowry
Synonym: दायजा (dāyjā)

अभी भी लोग दहेज़ क्यों माँगते हैं?
abhī bhī log dahez kyõ māṅgte ha͠i?
Why do people still demand dowry?

Declension

Declension of दहेज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दहेज़ dahez	दहेज़ dahez
oblique	दहेज़ dahez	दहेज़ों dahezõ
vocative	दहेज़ dahez	दहेज़ो dahezo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “dahez”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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