כעשטעג

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Yiddish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English hashtag, via Russian хеште́г (xeštég).

Noun[edit]

כעשטעג (kheshtegm, plural כעשטעגן (kheshtegn)

  1. (Internet, neologism) hashtag

Usage notes[edit]

  • האַשטאַג (hashtag) appears to be the more common term these days, however כעשטעג (kheshteg) is found in the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary (2016), and is most likely more commonly used by Russian speakers.

References[edit]

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “כעשטעג”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press