כעשטעג
Yiddish
editAlternative forms
edit- האַשטאַג (hashtag)
Etymology
editBorrowed from English hashtag, via Russian хеште́г (xeštég).
Noun
editכעשטעג • (kheshteg) m, plural כעשטעגן (kheshtegn)
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
editSchaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “כעשטעג”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press