પતી તે પેટ બરાબર.

patī tē pēṭa barābara.

Literally: The husband is equal to the stomach.
What it means: It is used to say that a husband is a basic necessity for a woman, just like food is for the body.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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