marry off third-person singular simple present marries off present participle marrying off simple past and past participle married off
( idiomatic ) successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.
2017 Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections , page 141 :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.
successfully arrange the marriage of someone
Arabic: زَوَّجَ ( zawwaja )
Azerbaijani: evləndirmək (az) ( of men ) , köçürmək (az) ( of women ) , ərə vermək ( of women )
Belarusian: жані́ць impf or pf ( žanícʹ ) , ажані́ць pf ( ažanícʹ ) ( of a male ) , выдава́ць за́муж impf ( vydavácʹ zámuž ) , вы́даць за́муж pf ( výdacʹ zámuž ) ( of a female )
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( of a female ) 把 ……嫁 出去 ( bǎ... jià chūqù ) , 把 ……嫁 給 ……／ 把 ……嫁 给 ……( bǎ... jià gěi... ) , ( of a male ) 讓 ……娶親 成家 ／ 让 ……娶亲 成家 ( ràng... qǔqīn chéngjia )
Dutch: uithuwelijken (nl)
Finnish: naittaa (fi)
French: marier (fr)
German: verheiraten (de) , freien (de) ( archaic )
Greek: παντρεύω (el) ( pantrévo )
Hawaiian: hoʻomale
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: kiházasít (hu) , férjhez ad
Ingrian: naittaa
Italian: dare in matrimonio dare in sposa sistemare (it)
Maori: whakamoe
Marathi: please add this translation if you can
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: żenić (pl) impf ożenić (pl) pf ( of a male ) , wydawać za mąż impf wydać za mąż pf ( of a female )
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ ( viāhuṇā )
Shahmukhi: وِیاہݨا ( viyāhṇā )
Russian: жени́ть (ru) impf or pf ( ženítʹ ) , пожени́ть (ru) pf ( poženítʹ ) ( of a male ) , выдава́ть за́муж (ru) impf ( vydavátʹ zámuž ) , вы́дать за́муж (ru) pf ( výdatʹ zámuž ) ( of a female )
Spanish: casar (es)
Swedish: gifta bort (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: evlendirmek (tr)
Ukrainian: одру́жувати impf ( odrúžuvaty ) , одружи́ти pf ( odružýty ) , жени́ти impf or pf ( ženýty ) ( of a male ) , видава́ти за́між impf ( vydaváty zámiž ) , ви́дати за́між pf ( výdaty zámiž ) ( of a female )
Urdu: شادی کَرْوَانا ( śādī karvānā )