exogamy
/ekˈsɒɡəmi/noun
उच्चारण एक्सॉगमी
बहिर्विवाह
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[U] technical
the custom of marrying only somebody from outside your own family, clan or social group
बहिर्विवाह
- Many Hindu communities traditionally follow gotra exogamy, which forbids marriage within the same gotra.
Opposite endogamy
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exogamous adjective
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Marriage outside your own group is exogamy, while marriage within your own group is endogamy.
अपने समूह से बाहर विवाह exogamy कहलाता है, जबकि अपने ही समूह के भीतर विवाह endogamy कहलाता है।