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Yiddish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”) (compare German Anekdote, French anecdote, English anecdote), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).
Noun
אַנעקדאָט • (anekdot) m, plural אַנעקדאָטן (anekdotn)
- anecdote (short account of an incident)