Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English beatnik. By surface analysis, English beat +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun edit

ביטניק (bitnikm, plural ביטניקעס (bitnikes)

  1. beatnik

References edit

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “beatnik”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN