kieratá

See also: Kierata

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كراتا (kerata), from كراته (kerata), borrowed from Greek κερατάς (keratás, “cornuto”).[1]

Noun

kieratá m

  1. (derogatory) paskudnyak; scumbag (villain)
    Synonyms: alchak, mamzer, pezeveng
    • 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, לז׳נדאס‎[1], נור, page 177:
      Kuando el papás disho por la sigunda vez: "Bay kieratá!" le dize el sultán: "Kieratá yo?"
      When the priest repeated 'Oi, paskudnyak!', the sultan said, 'Me, a paskudnyak?'

References

  1. ^ “kieratá”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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