mahar

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.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmahar/ [ˈma.har]
• Rhymes: -ahar
• Syllabification: ma‧har

mahar (plural mahar-mahar)

1. dowry, marriage settlement, marriage portion
2. (Islam) mahr

• maskawin

• “mahar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Malay mahal, from Sanskrit महार्घ (mahārgha).

mahár

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

mahar

1. thick

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”).

mahar

1. dowry

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad