दायजा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit दाय (dāya, “gift, present, donation”) + आद्य (ādya, “beginning with, preceding”). Compare Punjabi ਦਾਜ (dāj).

Noun

दायजा • (dāyjā) m (Urdu spelling دايجا)

1. dowry, marriage gift

Declension

Declension of दायजा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दायजा dāyjā	दायजाएँ dāyjāẽ
oblique	दायजा dāyjā	दायजाओं dāyjāõ
vocative	दायजा dāyjā	दायजाओ dāyjāo

Synonyms

• (more common) दहेज़ (dahez)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दायजा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “दायजा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.