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shadkhan

American

[shaht-khuhn, shaht-khahn] / ˈʃɑt xən, ʃɑtˈxɑn /

Or shadchan,

noun

Yiddish and Hebrew.

a person who arranges Jewish marriages; matchmaker.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of shadkhan

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

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