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خاطِب

[khatb-2] Root: خ ط ب
: ج خاطِبون وخُطَّاب :
🇬🇧 Translation: : Plural khaatibuun and khutthAb:
اسم فاعل من خطَبَ2.
🇬🇧 Translation: Active participle (ism fa'il) of khathaba 2.
طالِبُ المرأة للزَّواج
🇬🇧 Translation: Suitor of a woman for marriage
: يُضرب لمن أُرسل في حاجة فقضاها لنفسه - خاطِب الدنيا : طالبُها - ذهَب خاطِبا فتزوّج : يضرب لمن يطلب القليل فيظفر بالكثير - كثُر خُطَّابُها : بلغت سنّ الزواج وخطبها الشُّبّانُ.
🇬🇧 Translation: : (Proverb) applied to someone who is sent on an errand and fulfills it for himself - Suitor of the world: its seeker - Went as a suitor and got married (himself): a proverb applied to one who seeks a little and wins a lot - Her suitors became many: reached marriageable age and young men proposed to her.