ختن

3 خاتنهُ خاتنه خاتنة He allied himself to him by marriage; syn. تَزَوَّجَ اـِلَيْهِ. (K.) مُخَاتَنَةٌ is syn. with مُصَاهَرَةٌ [The becoming that kind of relation that is termed صِهْر]: (ISh, Mgh:) as some say, مصاهرة on the side of the wife, and on the side of the husband: so that one says خَاتَنْتُهُمْ as meaning صَاهَرْتُهُمْ [ I became a relation to them on the side of the wife, and on the side of the husband ]. (Msb.) -A2- See also 1, last sentence.