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shadchan (also shadkhan or schatchen) - n., a person who arranges Jewish marriages, matchmaker.
Yiddish, from Hebrew. The shadchan in Fiddler on the Roof was named Yenta, meaning busibody. (Ignore the fact that it looks like a Japanese diminutive for a fish.)
---L.
Yiddish, from Hebrew. The shadchan in Fiddler on the Roof was named Yenta, meaning busibody. (Ignore the fact that it looks like a Japanese diminutive for a fish.)
---L.
