Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   dowry

   /ˈdaʊ(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. an amount of property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage: "Elizabeth's dowry was to be £45,000 in diamonds"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a widow's life interest in her husband's estate): from Anglo-Norman French dowarie, from medieval Latin dotarium (see dower).

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points