קאָנטראָל־שטעקל

קאָנטראָל־שטעקל • (kontrol-shtekl) n, plural קאָנטראָל־שטעקלעך (kontrol-shteklekh)

1. (neologism) joystick (mechanical control device)

• Note that this is a newly-coined term, and most contemporary Yiddish speakers (especially those in the United States) might use דזשויסטיק (dzhoystik) instead; compare German Joystick, Polish dżojstik, Russian джо́йстик (džójstik).

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