shadin.
/ˈʃɑːdiː/ In South Asia: a wedding, marriage.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun]
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1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 223 Make the shadi swiftly, and the girl will make him a Mussalman.
1897 F. A. Steel Potter's Thumb 299 There's going to be a big shâdi (wedding)..to-morrow morning.
1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xxx. 443 A canopy..beneath which the sacred fire would be lighted and the officiating priests perform the shadi, the marriage ceremony.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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