mehherei

Dongxiang

/ˈməhərəi̯/

noun

Definitions

dowry, mahr

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مهر (seal, stamp, mahr, dowry) derived from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (treaty, agreement, covenant, promise).

Origin

Proto-Indo-Iranian

*mitra

Gloss

treaty, agreement, covenant, promise

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Mehr English
mohur English
मित्र Sanskrit
مَهْر Arabic
मुहर Hindi
مهر Persian
mohor Malay
муур Macedonian
мухур Macedonian
*mitra Proto-Indo-Iranian
mtr' Middle Persian
mwdl Middle Persian
𐎷𐎰𐎼 Old Persian
𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 Avestan

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