How to say "bride-price, dowry paid by the groom" in Arabic
CognateMeaningbride-price, dowry paid by the groom
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَهْر
mahrמהר
مهر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מֹהַר
moharمُوهَار
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
م-ه-رHebrew root
מ-ה-רAn exact match, letter for letter and sense for sense: Arabic mahr is Biblical Hebrew mohar (מֹהַר, Exodus 22:15–16) — the payment a groom's family gave the bride's family to seal a marriage. Modern Hebrew replaced the custom with nedunya; mahr is still written into every Arabic marriage contract.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
صْدَاق
ṣdāqצדאקA different word: ṣdāq is the Moroccan bride-price.
In a phrase
دَفَعَ الْمَهْر
dafaʿa l-mahrדפע אל-מהרHe paid the bride-price.