મહર

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهر (mahar).

• The first sense is derived from Arabic مَهْر (mahr, “dowry”), from the verb مَهَرَ (mahara, “to contract, to give a dowry”)
• The second sense derives from Middle Persian mtr' (mihr, “bond, contract”), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mithra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (miθrō, “covenant, contract, oath”), from Proto-Iranian *miθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (“covenant, treaty, agreement, promise”); hence a doublet of મિત્ર (mitra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈmə.ɦəɾ/

Noun

મહર • (mahar) m

1. (Islam) Mahr, dowry, bride-price or gift; a pre-negotiated gift of monetary or symbolic value which is promised to a bride by a groom upon marriage.
2. contract

   Synonym: કરાર (karār)