חתן
Hebrew
editEtymology
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ח־ת־ן (kh-t-n) |
Cognate with Arabic خَتَن (ḵatan, “son-in-law or brother-in-law”), which comes from a root (خ ت ن (ḵ-t-n)) related to both circumcision and matrimonial links.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editחָתָן • (khatán) m (plural indefinite חֲתָנִים, singular construct חֲתַן־, plural construct חַתְנֵי־)
Usage notes
editThe term may be used to describe any male who has a party, e.g., a bris, a bar mitzvah or the birthday boy.
Derived terms
edit- שבת חתן (shabát khatán)
Related terms
edit- חֲתֻנָּה (khatuná)
Descendants
editSee also
edit- כַּלָּה (kalá)
Noun
editחֹתֵן • (khotén) m
Verb
editחִתֵּן • (khitén) (pi'el construction)
References
edit- H2860 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “חתן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Yiddish
editAlternative forms
edit- כאָסן (khosn) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
editBorrowed from Hebrew חָתָן (khatán, “bridegroom, groom”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈχɔsn̩/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈχuːsn̩/
Noun
editחתן • (khosn) m, plural חתנים (khasonem)
Derived terms
editCategories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ת־ן
- Hebrew terms with audio links
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew defective spellings
- Hebrew verbs
- Hebrew pi'el verbs
- Hebrew nouns with irregular gender counterpart
- he:Family
- he:Marriage
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ח־ת־ן
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- yi:Marriage
- yi:Male people