خاطب

Meaning

Noun

1. suitor (someone who asks a woman to marry him)
2. matchmaker
3. someone who promises his child in marriage
4. fiancé
5. speaker, preacher, orator
6. deliverer of a khutbah
7. person in grammar

Adj

1. betrothed, engaged
2. promising one's child in marriage

Verb

to address

Concepts

address

addressed

fiancé

matchmaker

speak

🗣️

suitor

fianc

Translations

verlobt

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَطَبَ (ḵaṭaba, “to propose to a woman (by a man or matchmaker), to give in marriage”).