כעשטעג
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Yiddish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- האַשטאַג (hashtag)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English hashtag, via Russian хеште́г (xeštég).
Noun[edit]
כעשטעג • (kheshteg) m, plural כעשטעגן (kheshtegn)
Usage notes[edit]
- האַשטאַג (hashtag) appears to be the more common term these days, however כעשטעג (kheshteg) is found in the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (2016), and is most likely more commonly used by Russian speakers.
References[edit]
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “כעשטעג”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press