# \*mVhr-: 'bride-price, dowry'

> Proto-Semitic *mVhr-, 'bride-price, dowry': reflexes in 8 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mVhr- |
| Meaning | 'bride-price, dowry' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | mhr (DULAT 530; SEDonline 1285) | DULAT 530; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | mōhar (HALOT 554 apud SEDonline 1285) | HALOT 554; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | mahrā (LSyr. 376, SL 721 apud SEDonline 1285) | LSyr. 376, SL 721; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | mahr- (Lane 2740 apud SEDonline 1285) | Lane 2740; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Min. mhr (LM 60 apud SEDonline 1285) | LM 60; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | mēhər (ML 262 apud SEDonline 1285) | ML 262; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | mɛ́hər (ML 169 apud SEDonline 1285) | ML 169; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | máhar (LS 239; Wehr 929; CSOL II 533 apud SEDonline 1285) | LS 239; Wehr 929; SEDonline 1285 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

PWS \*mVhr- 'dowry' (Kogan 2015: 125 apud SEDonline 1285). Cf. 785 \*maḥār- 'tomorrow', 2243 \*muhr- 'foal'.

## Linked from

- [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>)

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