bride price
/ˈbraɪd praɪs/noun
उच्चारण ब्राइड प्राइस
वधू-मूल्य, कन्या-शुल्क
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noun
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[C/U]
(in some societies) money or goods that a man or his family pays to the family of the woman he is going to marry
वधू-मूल्य, कन्या-शुल्क
- In some tribal communities, the groom's family pays a bride price in cattle.
- The custom of bride price is the opposite of dowry.
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Do not confuse bride price (paid by the groom's side to the bride's family) and dowry (given by the bride's family at marriage).
Bride price (वर पक्ष द्वारा वधू के परिवार को दिया जाने वाला धन) और dowry (विवाह में वधू के परिवार द्वारा दिया जाने वाला धन) में भ्रम न करें।