Synonyms for yenta

Grammar : Noun

Spell : yen-tuh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɛn tə

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Définition of yenta

Origin :

• "gossip, busybody," 1923, from Yente Telebende, comic strip gossip in 1920s-30s writing of Yiddish newspaper humorist B. Kovner (pen-name of Jacob Adler) in the "Jewish Daily Forward." It was a common Yiddish fem. proper name, altered from Yentl and said to be ultimately from Italian gentile "kind, gentle," earlier "noble, high-born" (see gentle).