dowry

noun/ˈdaʊri/CEFR B2

যৌতুক, পণ

Meaning

Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.

Example sentences

Demanding a dowry is illegal in the country.দেশটিতে যৌতুক দাবি করা বেআইনি।
Her family refused to give any dowry.তার পরিবার কোনো যৌতুক দিতে অস্বীকার করল।

“dowry” elsewhere on EnglishBD

The dowry system is the custom by which a bride's family gives money, furniture, gold or land to the groom's family at marriage.
Dowry System →
It happens because a daughter is seen as a responsibility to be settled, a younger bride is demanded less dowry for, and poverty makes one less mouth to feed matter.
Early Marriage →
They run in opposite directions — a bride price is paid by the groom's family to the bride's, while a dowry is given by the bride's family to the groom's.
bride price — dictionary →

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“dowry” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • স্বৈরতন্ত্র, একনায়কত্ব
- • কাটার বোর্ড
- • যৌতুক, পণ
- • আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র
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যৌতুক, পণ — dowry (noun) — যৌতুক, পণ. Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.

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