Male Circumcision

Male circumcision is a type of surgery which includes cutting and removing the prepuce (ghulfa, qulfa = the wrinkled skin cap or cover) at the end of the penis and making a slit or cut underneath it. Circumcision is also called sunnat (tradition) and taṭhīr (purification) in Iran.

The word khitān (circumcision) is Arabic from the root kh-t-n. From these root letters, Arabic derives the following words: ‘khatan’, meaning father-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law (daughter’s husband and sister’s husband) …