ختن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of circumcision, its participants, and related familial relationships through marriage. It extends to terms for in-laws and titles of respect.

Derived headwords

خَتَنَverb

1.
to circumciseboth
To perform circumcision on a male child by cutting the foreskin.

يَخْتِنُverb

1.
circumcisingboth
The present participle form of the verb 'to circumcise'.

خَتِينٌadjective

1.
circumcised (male)both
A male who has undergone circumcision.

مَخْتُونٌadjective

1.
circumcisedboth
The passive participle, indicating the state of having been circumcised.

خِتَانٌnoun

1.
circumcision (act)both
The act or ceremony of circumcision.
2.
place of circumcisionclassical
The anatomical location on the male genitalia where circumcision is performed.

خِتَانَةٌnoun

1.
circumcision (craft)classical
The profession or craft of performing circumcisions.

خَتَنٌnoun

1.
father-in-lawboth
The father of one's spouse.
2.
in-law (general)classical
Any male relative through marriage, specifically from the wife's side.
3.
cuttingclassical
The act of cutting, as in the primary meaning of the root.

خِتْنٌnoun

1.
father-in-lawboth
The father of one's spouse.
2.
in-law (general)classical
Any male relative through marriage, specifically from the wife's side.

أَخْتَانٌnoun

1.
fathers-in-lawboth
The plural of 'khatn', referring to fathers-in-law.

خُتُونَةٌnoun

1.
affinity by marriageclassical
The state of being related by marriage; affinity.
2.
marriage (to a woman)classical
The act of a man marrying a woman.

خَتَنَverb

1.
to marry into (a family)classical
To marry into a family, becoming an in-law.

خَاتَنَverb

1.
to marry intoclassical
To marry into a family, specifically referring to the act of becoming an in-law.

خَتْنَةٌnoun

1.
mother-in-lawclassical
The mother of one's spouse.

خَاتُونٌnoun

1.
noblewomanclassical
A title of respect for a noble or high-ranking woman; a foreign word.

Parallel reading

خَتَنَ الولدُ يَخْتِنُهُ ويَخْتِنُهُ، فهو خَتِينٌ ومَخْتُونٌ: قُطِعَتْ غُرْلَتُهُ

The boy was circumcised, he is khateen and makhṭūn: his foreskin was cut.

والخِتَانَةُ: صِنَاعَتُهُ

And al-khitānah: his craft.

والخِتَانُ: مَوْضِعُهُ مِنَ الذَّكَرِ

And al-khitān: its place on the male organ.

والخَتَنُ: القَطْعُ، وبالتَّحْرِيكِ: الصِّهْرُ، أو كلُّ مَنْ كانَ مِن قِبَلِ المَرْأَةِ كالأَبِ والأَخِ

And al-khatn: the cutting, and with vowelization: the father-in-law, or anyone who is from the woman's side like the father and brother.

ج: أَخْتَانٌ

Plural: akhtān.

وهي: بَهَاءٌ

And she (referring to a female in-law): splendor.

ومحمدُ بنُ الحَسَنِ الأَسْتِرَابَاذِيُّ: عُرِفَ بالخَتَنِ، لِأَنَّهُ كانَ خَتَنَ أَبي بَكْرٍ الإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّ

And Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Asturabādhi: was known as al-Khatn, because he was the father-in-law of Abī Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī.

والخُتُونَةُ، بالضَّمِّ: المُصَاهَرَةُ، كالخَتُونِ

And al-khutūnah, with dammah: affinity by marriage, like al-khutūn.

وتَزَوَّجَ الرَّجُلُ المَرْأَةَ

And the man married the woman.

وخَاتَنَهُ: تَزَوَّجَ إِلَيْهِ

And khātanahu: he married into it (his family).

والخَتْنَةُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: أُمُّ الزَّوْجَةِ

And al-khatnah, voweled: the mother of the wife (mother-in-law).

والخَاتُونُ: للمَرْأَةِ الشَّرِيفَةِ، كَلِمَةٌ أَعْجَمِيَّةٌ

And al-khātūn: for the noblewoman, a foreign word.