Yenta
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title:
Yenta
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Yenta or Yente is a Yiddish woman's given name. It is a variant form of the name Yentl, which ultimately is thought to be derived from the Italian word gentile, meaning 'noble' or 'refined'. The name has entered American English only in the form yenta in the senses of "meddler, busybody, blabbermouth, gossip" and is not only used to refer to women. Both the forms yenta and yente are used in Yinglish to refer to a woman who is a gossip or a busybody. The use of yenta as a word for 'busybody' orig
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Yiddish term for a gentlewoman or noblewoman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenta
date created:
2004-11-20T21:54:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T05:59:45Z
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