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shadchen

/ˈʃɑdxən/

shadchen noun: marriage broker, matchmaker.

Noun

shadchen (plural shadchens)

  1. (Judaism) marriage broker, matchmaker

shadchen meaning in Bengali

shadchen in Bengali

বিয়ের ঘটক, ঘটকালি

Forms of shadchen

pluralshadchens
alternative formschatchen
alternative formshadchan
alternative formshadkan
alternative formshadkn

Origin of shadchen

From Yiddish שדכן (shadkhn), from Hebrew שַׁדְכָן.

Questions about shadchen

What does shadchen mean?
Shadchen means marriage broker, matchmaker.
What is shadchen in Bengali?
Shadchen in Bengali is বিয়ের ঘটক, ঘটকালি. See Shadchen meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is shadchen?
Shadchen is a noun.
How do you pronounce shadchen?
Shadchen is pronounced /ˈʃɑdxən/.
What is the plural of shadchen?
The plural of shadchen is shadchens.

Words near shadchen in the dictionary

  1. shadbushes
  2. ShadCab
  3. shadchan
  4. shadchanim
  5. shadchans
  6. shadchen
  7. shadchens
  8. shadchonim
  9. shadda
  10. shaddah
  11. shaddahs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shadchen (page history and authors); shadchen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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