બેઠક Bethak

દીકરી આપીને દીકરા લીધા, તે પારકા હતા તેને પોતાના કીધા.

dīkarī āpīnē dīkarā līdhā, tē pārakā hatā tēnē pōtānā kīdhā.

Literally
Giving a daughter and gaining a son, making those who were strangers into one's own.
What it means
Marriage creates close family bonds with previously unrelated people through the exchange of children.

Also said as

  • દીકરી આપીને જમાઈનું સારું વાંચવું, રૂપીઆ ધારીને ધરાકનું સારું વાંચવું.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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