How to say "groom, bridegroom" in Arabic

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Meaninggroom, bridegroom

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

عَرِيس

ʿarīsעריס

عريس

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

חָתָן

khatanخَاتَان

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Arabic root

ع-ر-س

Hebrew root

א-ר-ס

The 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

الْعَرِيس وَصَل
al-ʿarīs waṣalאל-עריס וצל

The groom has arrived.

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