خَتَنَ

, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aorist خَتِنَ (Msb, K) and خَتُنَ , (K, TA, but omitted in the CK,) verbal noun خَتْنٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He circumcised (K, TA) a boy, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and a girl also: or, as some say, خَتْنٌ relates to men [or boys], and خَفْضٌ to women [or girls]. (TA.) خُتِنَ: see 8.

And ↓ خِتَانٌ [which see below, apparently as a verbal noun of which the verb is as above,] signifies The making a feast, or banquet, to which people are invited, on account of a wedding, and of a circumcision also. (KL.)

[And according to Golius, as on the authority of a gloss. in the KL, خَتَنَ also signifies He diminished; he rendered imperfect: and he acted unjustly.]

-A2- خَتَنَهُ is also synonym with خَتَلَهُ [He deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him, unawares]: and ↓ مُخَاتَنَةٌ is synonym with مُخَاتَلَةٌ [which signifies in like manner the act of deceiving, deluding, &c.; or practising mutual deceit, &c.; or striving, endeavouring, or desiring, to deceive, &c.]. (TA.)