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shadkhan

or 󲹻·󲹲, 󲹳·

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

noun

Yiddish and Hebrew.
plural shadkhanim English shadkhans.
  1. a person who arranges Jewish marriages; matchmaker.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shadkhan1

Yiddish shatkhn < Hebrew 󲹻, derivative of 󾱻ŧ arrange a marriage

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