לעסביאַנקע

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Russian лесбия́нка (lesbijánka).

Noun

לעסביאַנקע • (lesbyanke) f, plural לעסביאַנקעס (lesbyankes)

  1. a lesbian
    Synonym: לעסבערקע (lesberke)
  • לעסבישקייט (lesbishkeyt)

References

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