bride price en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbɹaɪd pɹaɪs/
Meanings
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In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.
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.
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 05 Jan 2017, China: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.
1937, Grace Crowfoot, “Custom and Folk Tale in Palestine. The Dowry or Bride Price,”, in Folklore, volume 48, number 1, page 31: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).
2018 November, Lucy Moore, “Founding Mothers”, in Literary Review:
Forms
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| bride prices | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bride-price | alternative | lexicographic | |
| brideprice | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Descendants
Hypernyms
fee · gift · price · marriage-portion
Relateds
Synonyms
bride-wealth · bride wealth · reverse dowry · bridewealth · bride gift · dowry · bride token · bridegift · dower · bride-gift
Translations (83)
cmn 聘禮 /聘礼 (sum paid to the family of the bride) · de Brautpreis (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tr kalın (sum paid to the family of the bride) · uk віно́ (sum paid to the family of the bride) · kmr qelen (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ru калы́м (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tt калым (sum paid to the family of the bride) · da brudepris (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ko 신붓값 (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ru вы́куп (sum paid to the family of the bride) · inh урдув (sum paid to the family of the bride) · id mahar (sum paid to the family of the bride) · nl buidsprijs (sum paid to the family of the bride) · uz mahr (sum paid to the family of the bride) · cs věno (sum paid to the family of the bride) · fr prix de la fiancée (sum paid to the family of the bride) · pt preço de noiva (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sv brudköp (sum paid to the family of the bride) · gl dote (sum paid to the family of the bride) · da brudesum (sum paid to the family of the bride) · cy pris priodferch (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tr başlık (sum paid to the family of the bride) · nn brudepris (sum paid to the family of the bride) · hy կալան (sum paid to the family of the bride) · fi morsiuslunnaat (sum paid to the family of the bride) · mi kaireperepe (sum paid to the family of the bride) · uz qalin (sum paid to the family of the bride) · kn ಕನ್ಯಾಶುಲ್ಕ (sum paid to the family of the bride) · orv вѣно (sum paid to the family of the bride) · pl wiano (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ky калың (sum paid to the family of the bride) · de Brautgeld (sum paid to the family of the bride) · lkt wíŋyaŋčhiŋ (sum paid to the family of the bride) · th สินสอด (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sv brudpris (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sah сулуу (sum paid to the family of the bride) · bg вено́ (sum paid to the family of the bride) · kk қалың мал (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sh вијѐно (sum paid to the family of the bride) · he מֹהַר (sum paid to the family of the bride) · uga 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ce там (sum paid to the family of the bride) · be ве́на (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tl bigay-kaya (sum paid to the family of the bride) · bg ве́но (sum paid to the family of the bride) · am ማጫ (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tl pasalap (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ce урдо (sum paid to the family of the bride) · kk қалың (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ms hantaran (sum paid to the family of the bride) · os ирӕд (sum paid to the family of the bride) · it prezzo della sposa (sum paid to the family of the bride) · te కన్యాశుల్కం (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tg ширбаҳо (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sh vijèno (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ceb bugay (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ru ве́но (sum paid to the family of the bride) · uz qalin puli (sum paid to the family of the bride) · es prebenda (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ace jeunamè (sum paid to the family of the bride) · az başlıq (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sh vèno (sum paid to the family of the bride) · et mõrsjaluna (sum paid to the family of the bride) · cmn 財禮 /财礼 (sum paid to the family of the bride) · pt dote (sum paid to the family of the bride) · nb brudepris (sum paid to the family of the bride) · bjn jujuran (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sw mahari (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sh вѐно (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ar صَدَاق (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tr başlık parası (sum paid to the family of the bride) · cmn 彩禮 /彩礼 (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tk galyň (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sn roora (sum paid to the family of the bride) · fa شیربها (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ba ҡалым (sum paid to the family of the bride) · es dote (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tl dote (sum paid to the family of the bride) · ky калың мал (sum paid to the family of the bride) · tsg ungsud (sum paid to the family of the bride) · sk veno (sum paid to the family of the bride) · su mahar (sum paid to the family of the bride) · chy onenovahtȯtse (sum paid to the family of the bride)