Meanings
present singular third person marries off · participle present marrying off · participle past married off · past married off
- idiomaticTo successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.
Mark Warshavsky, the composer of the classic "Oifn Pripitchik" wrote the melody now well-known from the conclusion of the wedding festivities, in which the parents marrying off their last child, sit with garlands on their heads, while family and friends dance around them.
2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 141
Translations
Arabic زَوَّجَ
- زَوَّجَ (zawwaja)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Chinese Mandarin 把……嫁出去, 把……嫁給…… /把……嫁给……
- 把……嫁出去 (bǎ... jià chūqù)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- 把……嫁給…… /把……嫁给…… (bǎ... jià gěi...)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- 讓……娶親成家 /让……娶亲成家 (ràng... qǔqīn chéngjia)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Dutch uithuwelijken
- uithuwelijkensuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Finnish naittaa
- naittaasuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
French marier
- mariersuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
German verheiraten, freien
- verheiratensuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- freiensuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Greek παντρεύω
- παντρεύω (pantrévo)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Hawaiian hoʻomale
- hoʻomalesuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Hungarian kiházasít, férjhez ad
- kiházasítsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- férjhez adsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Italian dare in matrimonio, dare in sposa
- dare in matrimoniosuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- dare in sposasuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- sistemaresuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Māori whakamoe
- whakamoesuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Polish żenić, ożenić
- żenićsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- ożenićsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- wydawać za mążsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
- wydać za mążsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Punjabi ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ, وِیاہݨا
- ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ (viāhuṇā)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- وِیاہݨا (viyāhṇā)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Russian жени́ть, пожени́ть
- жени́ть (ženítʹ)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- пожени́ть (poženítʹ)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- выдава́ть за́муж (vydavátʹ zámuž)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- вы́дать за́муж (výdatʹ zámuž)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Spanish casar
- casarsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Swedish gifta bort
- gifta bortsuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Tamil கட்டிக்கொடு
- கட்டிக்கொடு (kaṭṭikkoṭu)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Turkish evlendirmek
- evlendirmeksuccessfully arrange the marriage of someone
Ukrainian одру́жувати, одружи́ти
- одру́жувати (odrúžuvaty)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- одружи́ти (odružýty)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- жени́ти (ženýty)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- видава́ти за́між (vydaváty zámiž)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
- ви́дати за́між (výdaty zámiž)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Urdu شادی کَرْوَانا
- شادی کَرْوَانا (śādī karvānā)successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Cite this entry
marry off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marry%20off
“marry off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marry%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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