חתן

Compare 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.

חָתָן • (khatán) m (plural indefinite חֲתָנִים‎, singular construct חֲתַן־, plural construct חַתְנֵי־‎)

1. groom (bridegroom)
2. son-in-law

The term may be used to describe any male who has a party, e.g. a bris, a bar mitzvah or the birthday boy.

• שבת חתן‎ (shabát khatán)

• חֲתֻנָּה‎ (khatuná)

• Yiddish: חתן‎ (khosn)

• כַּלָּה‎ (kalá)

• H2860 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• “חתן‎” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

חֹתֵן • (khotén) m

1. defective spelling of חותן‎

Borrowed from Hebrew חתן‎ (khatán, “bridegroom”)

חתן • (khosn) m, plural חתנים‎ (khasonem)

1. groom, bridegroom, fiancé

• חתן־כּלה‎ (khosnkale, “bride and groom”)