"bride price" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bride prices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bride price (plural bride prices)
  1. A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride, in some cultures. Wikipedia link: bride price Categories (topical): Marriage Translations (sum paid to the family of the bride): jeunamè (Acehnese), ማጫ (mač̣a) (Amharic), صَدَاق (ṣadāq) [masculine] (Arabic), կալան (kalan) (Armenian), başlıq (Azerbaijani), jujuran (Banjarese), ҡалым (qalım) (Bashkir), ве́на (vjéna) [neuter] (Belarusian), вено́ (venó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ве́но (véno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), там (tam) (note: for wedding) (Chechen), урдо (urdo) (note: for divorce) (Chechen), 彩禮 (Chinese Mandarin), 彩礼 (cǎilǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 聘禮 (Chinese Mandarin), 聘礼 (pìnlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 財禮 (Chinese Mandarin), 财礼 (cáilǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), věno [neuter] (Czech), brudepris [common-gender] (Danish), brudesum [common-gender] (Danish), buidsprijs [masculine] (Dutch), mõrsjaluna (Estonian), morsiuslunnaat [plural] (Finnish), prix de la fiancée [masculine] (French), Brautpreis [masculine] (German), Brautgeld [neuter] (German), מֹהַר (mohar) [masculine] (Hebrew), mahar (Indonesian), урдув (urduv) (Ingush), prezzo della sposa [masculine] (Italian), ಕನ್ಯಾಶುಲ್ಕ (kanyāśulka) (Kannada), қалың (qalyñ) (Kazakh), қалың мал (qalyñ mal) (Kazakh), калың (kalıŋ) (Kyrgyz), калың мал (kalıŋ mal) (Kyrgyz), mahar (Malay), kaireperepe (Maori), qelen (Northern Kurdish), brudepris [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brudepris [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), вѣно (věno) [neuter] (Old East Slavic), ирӕд (iræd) (Ossetian), شیربها (širbahâ) (Persian), wiano [neuter] (Polish), dote [masculine] (Portuguese), preço de noiva [masculine] (Portuguese), ве́но (véno) [historical, neuter] (Russian), калы́м (kalým) [masculine, usually] (Russian), вы́куп (výkup) (note: also: "ransom") [masculine] (Russian), вѐно [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), вијѐно [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vèno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vijèno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), roora (Shona), veno [neuter] (Slovak), dote [feminine] (Spanish), mahar (Sundanese), mahari (Swahili), brudpris [neuter] (Swedish), brudköp (english: the transaction) [neuter] (Swedish), ширбаҳо (širbaho) (Tajik), калым (qalım) (Tatar), కన్యాశుల్కం (kanyāśulkaṁ) (Telugu), สินสอด (sǐn-sɔ̀ɔt) (Thai), başlık (Turkish), kalın (Turkish), başlık parası (Turkish), galyň (Turkmen), 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (mhr) (Ugaritic), віно́ (vinó) [neuter] (Ukrainian), qalin (Uzbek), mahr (Uzbek), qalin puli (Uzbek), pris priodferch [masculine] (Welsh), сулуу (suluu) (Yakut)

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          "ref": "1937, Grace Crowfoot, “Custom and Folk Tale in Palestine. The Dowry or Bride Price,”, in Folklore, volume 48, number 1, page 31",
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          "ref": "2017 January 4, Liu Zhen, “Don’t pay over 60,000 yuan for a bride, say Chinese officials”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-01-05, China",
          "text": "Taiqian county in Henan province has issued guidelines saying grooms should pay no more than 60,000 yuan (HK$67,000) as a “bride price”, the Chinese tradition that a male partner offers money to his fiancée’s family to secure their marriage.",
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          "ref": "2018 November, Lucy Moore, “Founding Mothers”, in Literary Review",
          "text": "Their fares across the Atlantic were paid on the understanding that when they married, their Virginian husbands would pay a bride price for them of 150 pounds of tobacco, then worth about £22 (perhaps seven years’ salary for a domestic maid).",
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          "word": "bride gift"
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          "word": "bride-gift"
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          "word": "bridegift"
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          "word": "bride token"
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          "word": "bride wealth"
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        {
          "word": "bride-wealth"
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          "word": "bridewealth"
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          "word": "dower"
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          "code": "ace",
          "lang": "Acehnese",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "jeunamè"
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          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
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          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "ማጫ"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣadāq",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "صَدَاق"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kalan",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "կալան"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "başlıq"
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          "code": "bjn",
          "lang": "Banjarese",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "jujuran"
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          "code": "ba",
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          "roman": "qalım",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "ҡалым"
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        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "note": "for wedding",
          "roman": "tam",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "там"
        },
        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "note": "for divorce",
          "roman": "urdo",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "урдо"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "彩禮"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cǎilǐ",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "彩礼"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "聘禮"
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          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
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          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "財禮"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cáilǐ",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "财礼"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "věno"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brudepris"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buidsprijs"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "mõrsjaluna"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "morsiuslunnaat"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prix de la fiancée"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Brautpreis"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Brautgeld"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mohar",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מֹהַר"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "mahar"
        },
        {
          "code": "inh",
          "lang": "Ingush",
          "roman": "urduv",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "урдув"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prezzo della sposa"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "kanyāśulka",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "ಕನ್ಯಾಶುಲ್ಕ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qalyñ",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "қалың"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qalyñ mal",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "қалың мал"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "qelen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kalıŋ",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "калың"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kalıŋ mal",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "калың мал"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "mahar"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "kaireperepe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brudepris"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brudepris"
        },
        {
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "věno",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вѣно"
        },
        {
          "code": "os",
          "lang": "Ossetian",
          "roman": "iræd",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "ирӕд"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "širbahâ",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "شیربها"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wiano"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dote"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "preço de noiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "véno",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "historical",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ве́но"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "raw_tags": [
            "of Russian Muslims but also some areas in Siberia"
          ],
          "roman": "kalým",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "usually"
          ],
          "word": "калы́м"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "also: \"ransom\"",
          "roman": "výkup",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́куп"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вѐно"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вијѐно"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vèno"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vijèno"
        },
        {
          "code": "sn",
          "lang": "Shona",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "roora"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "veno"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dote"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "mahar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "mahari"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brudpris"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "the transaction",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brudköp"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "širbaho",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "ширбаҳо"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "qalım",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "калым"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kanyāśulkaṁ",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "కన్యాశుల్కం"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǐn-sɔ̀ɔt",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "สินสอด"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "başlık"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "kalın"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "başlık parası"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "galyň"
        },
        {
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "mhr",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "𐎎𐎅𐎗"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vinó",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "віно́"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "qalin"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "mahr"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "qalin puli"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pris priodferch"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "suluu",
          "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
          "word": "сулуу"
        }
      ],
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        "bride price"
      ]
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      "form": "bride prices",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bride price (plural bride prices)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Marriage"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1937, Grace Crowfoot, “Custom and Folk Tale in Palestine. The Dowry or Bride Price,”, in Folklore, volume 48, number 1, page 31",
          "text": "It is well known in Artas as in other villages exactly what the bride price should customarily be—so much for a cousin bride, so much more for a village bride, more still for a stranger.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 January 4, Liu Zhen, “Don’t pay over 60,000 yuan for a bride, say Chinese officials”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-01-05, China",
          "text": "Taiqian county in Henan province has issued guidelines saying grooms should pay no more than 60,000 yuan (HK$67,000) as a “bride price”, the Chinese tradition that a male partner offers money to his fiancée’s family to secure their marriage.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November, Lucy Moore, “Founding Mothers”, in Literary Review",
          "text": "Their fares across the Atlantic were paid on the understanding that when they married, their Virginian husbands would pay a bride price for them of 150 pounds of tobacco, then worth about £22 (perhaps seven years’ salary for a domestic maid).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride, in some cultures."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "valuables",
          "valuables"
        ],
        [
          "bridegroom",
          "bridegroom"
        ],
        [
          "bride",
          "bride"
        ],
        [
          "culture",
          "culture"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "bride price"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bride gift"
    },
    {
      "word": "bride-gift"
    },
    {
      "word": "bridegift"
    },
    {
      "word": "bride token"
    },
    {
      "word": "bride wealth"
    },
    {
      "word": "bride-wealth"
    },
    {
      "word": "bridewealth"
    },
    {
      "word": "dower"
    },
    {
      "word": "reverse dowry"
    },
    {
      "word": "mahr"
    },
    {
      "word": "bride-price"
    },
    {
      "word": "brideprice"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ace",
      "lang": "Acehnese",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "jeunamè"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "mač̣a",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "ማጫ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣadāq",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَدَاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kalan",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "կալան"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "başlıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bjn",
      "lang": "Banjarese",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "jujuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qalım",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "ҡалым"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjéna",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ве́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "venó",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вено́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "véno",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ве́но"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "note": "for wedding",
      "roman": "tam",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "там"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "note": "for divorce",
      "roman": "urdo",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "урдо"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "彩禮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cǎilǐ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "彩礼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "聘禮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pìnlǐ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "聘礼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "財禮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cáilǐ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "财礼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "věno"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brudepris"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brudesum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buidsprijs"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "mõrsjaluna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "morsiuslunnaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prix de la fiancée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Brautpreis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brautgeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mohar",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מֹהַר"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "mahar"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "urduv",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "урдув"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prezzo della sposa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kanyāśulka",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "ಕನ್ಯಾಶುಲ್ಕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qalyñ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "қалың"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qalyñ mal",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "қалың мал"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "qelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kalıŋ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "калың"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kalıŋ mal",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "калың мал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "mahar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "kaireperepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brudepris"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brudepris"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "věno",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вѣно"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "iræd",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "ирӕд"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "širbahâ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "شیربها"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dote"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preço de noiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véno",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ве́но"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of Russian Muslims but also some areas in Siberia"
      ],
      "roman": "kalým",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "калы́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "also: \"ransom\"",
      "roman": "výkup",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́куп"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вѐно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вијѐно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vèno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vijèno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sn",
      "lang": "Shona",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "roora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dote"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "mahar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "mahari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brudpris"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "the transaction",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brudköp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "širbaho",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "ширбаҳо"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qalım",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "калым"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kanyāśulkaṁ",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "కన్యాశుల్కం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǐn-sɔ̀ɔt",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "สินสอด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "başlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "kalın"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "başlık parası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "galyň"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mhr",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "𐎎𐎅𐎗"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vinó",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "віно́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "qalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "mahr"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "qalin puli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pris priodferch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "suluu",
      "sense": "sum paid to the family of the bride",
      "word": "сулуу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bride price"
}

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