טשאַטע
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Ukrainian ча́та (čáta, “lookout group; watch”), from Hungarian csata (“battle”). Possibly also influenced by Slovak čata (“platoon, squad”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
טשאַטע • (tshate) f, plural טשאַטעס (tshates)
- pack; herd
- 1934, Schwartzburg, Abraham Loeb, Der hurben fun mayn shtetl un ire kedoyshim:
- ערשט אויפן מיטן וועג, צװישן אוסע און סעליבע, באַגעגנט אים אַ צווייטע טשאַטע פּאָליאַקן.
- ersht oyfn mitn veg, tsvishn use un selibe, bagegnt im a tsveyte tshate polyakn.
- Only in the middle of the road, between driving back to Seliba, he meets a second gang of Poles.