خاطب

العربية

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خاطب^¹

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

noun خَاطِب · ḵāṭib · خُطَّاب · خَاطِبُون · خَاطِبَة

suitor (someone who asks a woman to marry him)
matchmaker
someone who promises his child in marriage
fiancé
speaker, preacher, orator
deliverer of a khutbah
person in grammar

adjective خَاطِب · ḵāṭib · خُطَّاب · خَاطِبُون · الْخَاطِب

betrothed, engaged
promising one's child in marriage

خاطب^²

verb خَاطَبَ · ḵāṭaba · يُخَاطِبُ · خِطَاب · مُخَاطَبَة

to address

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matchmaker someone who finds suitable marriage partners

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"خاطب." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {خاطب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}