How to say "groom, bridegroom" in Arabic
CognateMeaninggroom, bridegroom
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ʿarīsעריס
عريس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
khatanخَاتَان
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ع-ر-سHebrew root
א-ר-סThe male partner to ʿarūs (bride). Hebrew has its own arus/arusa (אָרוּס/אָרוּסָה, 'fiancé/fiancée') — the Academy of the Hebrew Language's dictionary compares this root, א-ר-ס, directly to Arabic عرس ('wedding'). It's a different, samekh-spelled root from the biblical betrothal root א-ר-שׂ behind erusin ('engagement'). The sound match is still irregular — regularly, Hebrew ע should answer Arabic ع, not א — so call it a real but non-textbook connection. Either way, in Arabic he's already the groom, not merely engaged.
Related Hebrew word:ארוסarusأَرُوس
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In a phrase
The groom has arrived.