Vishy's Indian English Dictionary covers the vocabulary of Indian matrimonial advertisements - including a word that is usually reserved for household pets.
Domesticated
Not used in the 'When were dogs domesticated?' sense, domesticated is a term applied in particular to prospective brides that indicates a good sense for maintaining a home and cooking good food for her prospective husband.
It's a brief note, hardly exhaustive (no 'innocent divorcees', no 'cosmopolitans', no 'clean-shaven Khatri boys'), but still worth a read.
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The other synonym for domesticated is homely. Many ads ask for "professional but homely" girls (yeah, right!)--possibly the same meaning as "modern outlook with traditional values".
I can't remember the ads for grooms being as funny, though they mention 5-figure salaries, MBAs and BEs.
>> can't remember the ads for grooms being as funny
true, but once in a while you come across a 'convented boy'.. (anyone who's studied in a school run by missionaries is deemed 'convented')
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