Hindi

Noun

दायजा • ‎(dāyajā) m ‎(Urdu spelling دايجا)

1. dowry, marriage gift

Synonyms

• (more common) दहेज ‎(dahej)

References

• दायजा in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.