polyandry
/ˈpɒliændri/noun
उच्चारण पॉलिऐन्ड्री
बहुपतित्व
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the custom of having more than one husband at the same time
बहुपतित्व
- Polyandry was practised in some Himalayan communities.
- Anthropologists have studied polyandry among certain hill tribes.
- Polyandry is rare in the modern world and is illegal in many countries.
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- The textbook describes polyandry in a few mountain regions.
- Scholars debate how polyandry affected land and family property.
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pol·y·an·dry
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: having more than one husband at a time is polyandry; more than one wife polygyny; more than one spouse polygamy; one spouse monogamy; marrying again while still married bigamy.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: एक समय में एक से अधिक पति polyandry (बहुपतित्व); एक से अधिक पत्नी polygyny; एक से अधिक जीवनसाथी polygamy; एक जीवनसाथी monogamy; विवाहित रहते दोबारा विवाह bigamy।
General knowledge
Literature: Draupadi in the Mahabharata is a well-known example of polyandry.
साहित्य में महाभारत की द्रौपदी बहुपतित्व का प्रसिद्ध उदाहरण है।