مهر

Meaning

Verb

to settle a dowry for (one's wife, etc.)

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of مَهَرَ (mahara) (form I)
2. dowry, dower, marriage portion
3. price
4. contracting

Noun

seal; signet; stamp

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of مَهَرَ (mahara) (form I)
2. sealing; stamping

Noun

foal, colt

Concepts

dowry

fillies

filly

foal

proficient

seal

🦭

signet

skilled

stamp

trousseau

tocher

be skilled

pay a dowry

colt

be adept

Synonyms

دوطة

طبع

دمغ

أعْطى صِفة

Translations

προίκα

dot

dos

dote

Petschaft

🦭

Siegel

🦭

Unterschriftstempel

έδνον

προίξ

χαρακτηρίζομαι

cachet

🦭

next

qelen

Mehr

Etymology

Common West Semitic term; compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (mhr), Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩠𐩧𐩩 (mhrt, “wealth, possessions, commodities, goods”), Biblical Hebrew מָהַר (mahar, “to acquire by exchange, to barter, to purchase”), Biblical Hebrew מֹהַר (mṓhar, “bridal payment, purchasing price”), Classical Syriac ܡܗܪܐ (“bride-price”), Nabataean 𐢓𐢇𐢛 (mohar). Uncertain connection to highly productive Akkadian 𒈠𒄩𒀸 (maḫārum, “to face or meet; to accept, to receive; to conduct; to do business, to shift commodities, to transact; to accept valuables, staples, or persons; to take in or collect offers, to take in women by dowries”) and Soqotri móḥor (“to offer”), as the sound change complicates the semantic overlaps. Comparison to Middle Persian mtr' (/⁠mihr⁠/, “contract, bond”) is fundamentally coincidental.