shadkhan

or shad·chan, schat·chen

[ Yiddish, Ashkenazic Hebrew, English shaht-khuhn; Sephardic Hebrew shaht-khahn ]

noun

, Yiddish and Hebrew.

, plural shad·kha·nim [shaht-, khaw, -nim, shaht-, kh, ah-, neem], English shad·khans.

1. a person who arranges Jewish marriages; matchmaker.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shadkhan¹

Yiddish shatkhn < Hebrew shadhkhān, derivative of shiddēkh arrange a marriage