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单词 shadchan
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shadchan

/ˈʃadxən / /ˈʃɒdxən/
(also shadkhan)
noun (plural same /ˈʃadxɛn/, shadchanim /ˈʃadxənɪm/, or shadchans)
A Jewish professional matchmaker or marriage broker.By the 15th century, scholars as great as Maharal earned their livelihoods as professional shadchanim....
  • When young Orthodox men and women reach a marriageable age, and receive a recommendation from a shadchan, or matchmaker, about a potential mate, they make a very important phone call.
  • He kept telling shadchanim he was a yeshiva graduate.

Origin

From Yiddish shadkhn, based on Hebrew šiddēḵ 'negotiate'.

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