קאָנטראָל־שטעקל

Yiddish edit

Noun edit

קאָנטראָל־שטעקל • (kontrol-shtekl) n, plural קאָנטראָל־שטעקלעך (kontrol-shteklekh)

(neologism) joystick (mechanical control device)

Usage notes edit

Note that this is a newly-coined term, and most contemporary Yiddish speakers (especially those in the United States) might use דזשויסטיק (dzhoystik) instead; compare German Joystick, Polish dżojstik, Russian джо́йстик (džójstik).

References edit

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

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