Terme de droit musulman qui désigne un douaire coutumier. Celui-ci peut varier d’une somme d’argent symbolique (un dinar en Tunisie) à des biens plus considérables que le prétendant doit fournir à sa future épouse.
mahr (gift from the groom to the bride)
köken: Borrowed from Arabic اَلصِّدَاق (aṣ-ṣidāq, “bride price”).
Mahr, dowry, bride-price or gift; a pre-negotiated gift of monetary or symbolic value which is promised to a bride by a groom upon marriage. · contracting · contract
çekim: çoğul مهرها
eş: مهریه
köken: The first sense borrowed from Arabic مَهْر (mahr, “dowry”), from the verb مَهَرَ (mahara, “to contract, to give a dowry”); see above. The remaining senses inherited from Middle Persian mtr' (mihr, “bond, contract”), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mithra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (miθrō, “covenant, contract, oath”), from Proto-Iranian *miθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (“covenant, treaty, agreement,…
aile: مهربان, مهربانی
dowry, marriage settlement, marriage portion · mahr
çekim: çoğul mahar-mahar
eş: maskawin
köken: Inherited from Malay mahar, from Arabic مَهْر (mahr, “marriage portion”), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mithra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (miθrō, “covenant, contract, oath”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (“covenant, treaty, agreement, promise”). Doublet of mitra and mohor.
marriage settlement; mahr
köken: Compound of mas (“gold”) + kahwin (“to marry”). Literally, “marriage gold”.
chief · headman
köken: Ultimately from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja) ?
dowry, bride price
köken: Borrowed from Arabic مَهْر (mahr).