What is a Yenta in Yiddish?

Yenta or Yente (Yiddish: יענטע‎) is a Yiddish women’s given name. The name has entered Yinglish—i.e., become a Yiddish loanword in Jewish varieties of English—as a word referring to a woman who is a gossip or a busybody. The use of yenta as a word for ‘busybody’ originated in the age of Yiddish theater.

What is the Hebrew word for matchmaker?

Shadchan
Shadchan. Shadchan (Hebrew: שַׁדְּכָן‎, plural שַׁדְּכֳנִם shadchanim / shadchonim, female שַׁדְכָנִית shadchanis / shadchanit) is a Hebrew word for matchmaker.

What is a beshert?

In Jewish culture, we often use the word “beshert” to mean “soulmate,” but the literal translation from Yiddish is “destiny.” The concept of beshert, for those who believe in it, is much more than finding love by being at the right place at the right time.

What is a male version of a Yenta?

Julia thinks that the male version of a yenta — the meddler, not the matchmaker — is a mansplainer. It’s the guy who won’t let us get a word in edgewise.

What is a Shonda in Yiddish?

Hint: it’s not Shonda Rhimes. Most Yiddish speakers pronounce it as shande or shanda. In Yiddish, shande means a disgrace, a shame, a terrible embarrassment, a scandal. The only Shonda is your usage of a Yiddish word to defend idolatry of #WhiteSupremacists.

What is a mensch?

The word “Mensch”, in Yiddish, is “someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character.

What does Badchan mean in Yiddish?

jester
: a professional jester and topical minstrel especially at Jewish wedding celebrations.

What does Bissel mean in Yiddish?

bissel. Or bisl – a little bit. bubbe. Or bobe. It means Grandmother, and bobeshi is the more affectionate form.

What does Zay Gezunt mean?

1. “Zay (or zayt) mir gezunt” is a way of courteously and warmly terminating a brief encounter with acquaintances or friends.

What does Yente say about her husband who has died?

15) What does Yente say about her husband who has died? Yente says she misses her husband even though he caused her a lot of grief. She said a husband is better than no husband.

What does Farklempt mean?

Unable to speak because of emotion
Farklempt meaning Unable to speak because of emotion; choked up. adjective.

What does farbissina mean in Yiddish?

Farbissina. Meaning: From the adjective farbissen, meaning stubborn, truculent; grim; dogged; bitter, embittered.

What do you call a professional Jewish matchmaker?

Professional matchmakers are paid to propose potential matches between singles, a tradition that has continued within the Orthodox Jewish community. There is a mistaken belief that the word for a Jewish matchmaker is “yenta” or “yente.”

What was the name of the Jewish matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof?

There is a mistaken belief that the word for a Jewish matchmaker is “yenta” or “yente.” The origin of this error is the 1964 musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” in which a character named Yente serves as the matchmaker for the village of Anatevka.

What does it mean to be a mensch in Yiddish?

A genuinely good person, a decent person be it man, woman, or child. This is a compliment. It is good to be a mensch. Crazy or silly behaviour, the noun being Meshuggeneh, refers to a crazy person; not clinically insane, but rather one who has crazy ideas or ambitions.

Where can I find a list of Yiddish words?

If you’re interested in learning more about the “Yiddish” words you’ve heard on shows like Seinfeld, Leo Rosten’s The Joys of Yiddish is a great resource on Yiddish words in English (my grandfather had not one, but two copies on his bookshelf. You can never have too many books celebrating Yiddish.).