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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
Noun
મહર • (mahar) m
- (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.
- contract
- Synonym: કરાર (karār)