טשיקאַוועס

Yiddish

Etymology

From טשיקאַווע (tshikave, “curious”).

Noun

טשיקאַוועס • (tshikaves) n, plural טשיקאַוועסן (tshikavesn)

  1. curiosity
    איך פֿרעג אויף טשיקאַוועס.
    ikh freg oyf tshikaves.
    I ask out of curiosity.

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “out of curiosity”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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