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Yiddish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *faciolum, from Latin facies (“face”). Compare Italian fazzolo, fazzuolo, fazzoletto, Romansch fazielet, fazalet, Venetan fasołeto, Istriot fassulito, Sicilian fazzulettu.
Pronunciation
Noun
פֿאַטשיילע • (fatsheyle) f, plural פֿאַטשיילעס (fatsheyles), diminutive פֿאַטשיילקע (fatsheylke)
- kerchief
- אָנטאָן אַ פֿאַטשיילע אויפֿן קאָפּ ― onton a fatsheyle oyfn kop ― to put on a headscarf
- אַרײַנקריכן אין יענעמס פֿאַטשיילע ― araynkrikhn in yenems fatsheyle ― sticking one's nose into someone's (financial) affairs; to rob someone (literally, “to get into someone's kerchief”)
Derived terms
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “פֿאַטשײלע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .