दायजा
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit दाय (dāya, “gift, present, donation”) + आद्य (ādya, “beginning with, preceding”). Compare Punjabi ਦਾਜ (dāj).
Noun
[edit]दायजा • (dāyjā) m (Urdu spelling دايجا)
- dowry, marriage gift
Declension
[edit]Declension of दायजा (fem ā-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]- (more common) दहेज़ (dahez)
References
[edit]- 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.