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Yiddish
Etymology
שטעקן (shtekn) + ־ל (-l). Compare German Steckerl.
Noun
שטעקל • (shtekl) n, plural שטעקלעך (shteklekh)
- stick
- Synonyms: שטעקן (shtekn), דראָנג (drong), דרענגל (drengl)
- walking stick
- Synonyms: שטעקן (shtekn), שפּאַציר־שטעקן (shpatsir-shtekn), וואַנדער־שטעקן (vander-shtekn)
- wand
- Synonym: שטעקעלע (shtekele)
Derived terms
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “שטעקל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press