दायजा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Noun

दायजा • (dāyjā) m (Urdu spelling دايجا)

  1. dowry, marriage gift

Declension
Declension of दायजा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct दायजा
dāyjā		 दायजाएँ
dāyjāẽ
oblique दायजा
dāyjā		 दायजाओं
dāyjāõ
vocative दायजा
dāyjā		 दायजाओ
dāyjāo

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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