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ختن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns kinship relations through marriage, specifically in-laws. It also extends to the ritual of circumcision, both the act and the location.

Derived headwords

الْخَتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    everyone from the woman's side, like the father and brother; they are the 'akhtan' (in-laws) according to the Arabsboth

    everyone from the woman's side, like the father and brother; they are the 'akhtan' (in-laws) according to the Arabs

  2. 2.
    the 'khatan' among them: his daughter's husbandboth

    the 'khatan' among them: his daughter's husband

الْأَخْتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    in-laws (related through wife)classical

    The plural form of 'khatn', referring to multiple individuals related through the wife.

خَتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    I circumcised the boy, from the verb forms 'daraba' and 'nasara'both

    I circumcised the boy, from the verb forms 'daraba' and 'nasara'

خَتْنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    circumcision (act)both

    The act or process of performing circumcision.

الْخِتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    the noun 'circumcision'both

    the noun 'circumcision'

  2. 2.
    the place of cutting on the penisboth

    the place of cutting on the penis

الْخِتَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    circumcisionboth

    circumcision

Parallel reading

كل من كان من قبل المرأة، مثل الاب والاخ، وهم الاختان.
Everyone who is related through the woman, like the father and the brother, and they are the in-laws.
وأما عند العامة فختن الرجل: زوج ابنته.
But among the common people, a man's 'khatn' is his daughter's husband.
وختنت الصبي ختنا، والاسم الختان والختانة.
And I circumcised the boy with circumcision, and the name for it is 'al-khitān' and 'al-khitānah'.
إذا استقصيت في القطع.
If you have been thorough in the cutting.
والختان أيضا: موضع القطع من الذكر.
And 'al-khitān' also refers to the place of cutting on the male organ.
إذا التقى الختانان.
When the two circumcised parts meet.
وقد تسمى الدعوة لذلك ختانا.
And the invitation for that (event) may also be called 'khitān'.