מאַפֿיעניק

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

מאַפֿיע (mafye) +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun edit

מאַפֿיעניק (mafyenikm, plural מאַפֿיעניקעס (mafyenikes)

  1. (US) mobster

References edit

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