chatan
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Pronunciations

chatan (khah-TAHN) listen
chossen (KHUH-sin) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A bridegroom.

  • n. A guest of honor.

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." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH חתן khatan > Y חתן khosn

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

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      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand
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      Dictionaries

      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      chattan, chasan, chassan, chosan, chossan, chosen, chossen, chosn, chossn, khosn, khossn, hatan, chosen, chasen, chason, chasn, khasn, khason, chosson, choson

Notes

  • plural: 'khasonim' or 'chatanim'

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