chatan
chatan
Alternative Spellings
chattan, chasan, chassan, chosan, chossan, chosen, chossen, chosn, chossn, khosn, khossn
Definitions
- Bridegroom
Example Sentences
- "Would the chatan please come this way to lift the veil?" (Glinert)
- "She watched from her window as the kallah walked around the chasan seven times, with only a few close relatives scattered below the deck, where the chuppah had been set up." (https://www.amimagazine.org/2020/04/22/through-simchah-separation/)
Languages of Origin
Textual Hebrew, Yiddish
Etymology
Hebrew חתן chatan Yiddish חתן khosn
Who Uses This
Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
Regions
North America
Dictionaries
The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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