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

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      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).

      Alternative Spellings

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

Notes

  • plural: 'khasonim' or 'chatanim'

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