What it means
جهیزیه (jahizieh) is the bride’s dowry trousseau, the household goods she brings into the marriage. Refrigerator, washing machine, sofa, dishes, bedding, and often the carpets.
How to use it
- جهیزیهاش را آماده کرد (jahizieh-ash râ âmâde kard) “She prepared her trousseau”
- جهیزیه سنگین (jahizieh-ye sangin) “a heavy/expensive trousseau”
- لیست جهیزیه (list-e jahizieh) “the trousseau list”
Cultural depth
The jahizieh is photographed item by item and witnessed in writing on the wedding day. It legally remains the bride’s property: in divorce, she takes it back. Lower-income families save for years to provide a respectable jahizieh; charity organizations like Komite-ye Emdâd help cover costs for poor brides.
Register notes
Neutral, common in family conversation. Modern urban couples sometimes split costs or skip the formality, but the term and the legal logic survive.
Etymology
From Arabic root j-h-z (جهز), meaning to prepare or equip. Same root as tajhizât (equipment) and jihâz (apparatus). The trousseau is what the bride is prepared with.
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