#two different words for dowry in here... would LOVE to know the background for ashugar?? it sounds like a turkish or persian borrowing

[rotzaprachim]

love love love that this beginner's ladino book i ordered includes "matchmaker" as one of the most essential vocabulary items to know, well before any other profession

from ch. 2:

Komo es uzo en todas familias djudias, el novio toma konosensia de la novia kon el ayudo de una kazamentera, los parientes kedan de akordo de ashugar i de la dota, i los dos se kazan.