What is the Yiddish word for knick knacks?
Knickknack, doodad, gewgaw, and whatnot are some of the more common ones. While many such words are of unknown origin, we know that tchotchke comes from the Yiddish tshatshke of the same meaning, and ultimately from a now-obsolete Polish word, czaczko.
Why is it called a tchotchke?
Tchotchke comes from the Slavic word for trinket. Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian each have their own very similar adaptations. It was later adopted into Yiddish slang as tshatshke, and has long been used by Jewish Americans.
What is Chachki mean?
A tchotchke is a small, cheap, ornamental trinket or souvenir; a knickknack. Tchotchke is taken from Yiddish, a dialect of German based on Hebrew. It has several English spellings, including chotchke, tchachke, and chachki. In Yiddish, it is also sometimes used as a term for a young girl or pretty woman.
How do you spell Chockies?
Definition of ‘choccies’
What is a chockie?
or chockie or chocky (ˈtʃɒkɪ ) informal. nounWord forms: plural -cies or -kies. 1. a chocolate.
Who uses the word tchotchke?
Jewish-Americans
A tchotchke (/ˈtʃɒtʃkə/ CHOTCH-kə, /ˈtʃɒtʃkiː/ CHOTCH-kee) is a small bric-à-brac or miscellaneous item. The word has long been used by Jewish-Americans and in the regional speech of New York City and elsewhere. It is borrowed from Yiddish and is ultimately Slavic in origin.
How do you spell Chackies?
A wide variety of spellings exist for the English usage of the term, e.g., tshotshke, tshatshke, tchachke, tchotchka, tchatchka, chachke, tsotchke, chotski, or chochke; the standard Yiddish transliteration is tsatske or tshatshke.
How do you pronounce Chotki?
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɒtki/
- (US) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoʊtki/
Where is Yiddish spoken?
However, the number of Yiddish-speakers is increasing in Hasidic communities….
| Yiddish | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Central, Eastern, and Western Europe |
| Region | Europe, Israel, North America, South America, other regions with Jewish populations |
| Ethnicity | Ashkenazi Jews |
| Native speakers | (1.5 million cited 1986–1991 + half undated) |
How do you say the word tchotchke?
How Do You Pronounce Tchotchke? You pronounce the word “tchotchkes” as chotch-keys. The “t” in the front is completely silent both times it’s used, which makes it a frustrating word to learn how to spell.