"shadee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shadees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shadee (countable and uncountable, plural shadees)
  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of shaadi, wedding, form of Islamic marriage. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, uncountable Alternative form of: shaadi, wedding, form of Islamic marriage
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          "ref": "1860 February 4, Edmund F. Moore & al., English Reports, Vol. XIX: Privy Council, Vol. VIII: Indian Appeals, Vol. 7, Mahomed Bauker Hoossain Khan Bahadoor vs. Shurfoon Nissa Begum, p. 482",
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