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Dowry

A dowry (or marriage portion) is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or his family at the time of marriage.

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Violence against women and international perspectives

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Dowry

Nodes146
Edges145
Triples341
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013699
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related to Further reading · 33
Dowry → Anthropology, Basu, Bloomsbury Academic, Cf, Chapter, Citizenship, Companionate Marriage, Dowries, European History, Harrington Park Press, Hirsch, Holly, Inheritance, ISBN, Jennifer, Jewelry, Julius, Kaplan, Kirshner, Late Medieval
related to India · 23
Dowry → Aaunnpot, Bridal Gifts Restrictions Rules, Bride, Bridegroom, Dahez, Despite, Dowry Prohibition, Dowry Prohibition Act, Hindi, In, In India, India, Indian, Indian Penal Code, IPC, It, Lists, Maintenance, Other, Payment
related to Sources · 20
Dowry → Brazil, Bridewealth, Cambridge University Press, Comparative Study, CUP Archive, Disappearance, Domestic Domain, Families, Goody, ISBN, Jack, Muriel, Nazzari, Production, Reproduction, Social Change, Stanford University Press, São Paulo, Tambiah, Women
related to Definition · 17
Dowry → Africa, Arabic, Bengali, Dowries, Hindi, Locally, Malayalam, Mandarin, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Serbo-Croatian, Tamil, Telugu, This, Turkish, Urdu
related to Indian subcontinent · 16
Dowry → Brahmanic, Bridewealth, Code, Documentary, He, Historical, However, India, Indian, Kadia, Manu, Rohtak, Some, Stanley, Tambiah, The
related to Babylon · 15
Dowry → According, Attractive, Babylon, Babylonian, Code, Daughters, Even, Hammurabi, Herodotus, However, In, In Babylonia, Instead, It, The
related to Nepal · 15
Dowry → As, Despite, Even, Hill Region, In, In Nepal, Madhesi, Many, Nepal, Nepali, Parents, Practices Act, Social Customs, Terai, The
related to Origins · 15
Dowry → African, Anthropologist Jack Goody's, Boserup, Close, Drawing, Ester Boserup, Ethnographic Atlas, Eurasian, Goody, In, Ireland, Japan, Sub-Saharan African, These, This
related to Azerbaijan · 12
Dowry → Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Cehiz, If, Islamic Azerbaijan, Mahr, Muslim, Relatives, Sharia, Similar, Siyahı, While
related to Bangladesh · 12
Dowry → Bangladesh, Between, By, Dowries, Instead, It, Joutuk, Joutukh, Sociologist Sarah White, South Asia, The, This

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family marriage bride property dowries bride's women inheritance groom's india practice also called daughters often price custom groom mahr given

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dowryis awealth transferred from the bride0.90text
Dowryis aancient custom that is mentioned in some of the earliest writings0.90text
Dowryis atransfer of parental property to a daughter at her marriage0.90text
Dowryis aform of inheritance found in the broad swath of Eurasian societies from Japan to Ireland that practice0.90text
Dowryis aform of female inheritance of male property0.90text
Dowryis apayment of cash or gifts from the bride's family to the bridegroom's family upon arranged marriage0.90text
landinstance ofis a payment0.80text
propertyinstance ofis a payment0.80text
moneyinstance ofis a payment0.80text
livestockinstance ofis a payment0.80text
or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride'sinstance ofis a payment0.80text
linensinstance ofand therefore might include furnishings0.80text

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