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ביטניק

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ביטניק (bitnikm, plural ביטניקעס (bitnikes)

  1. beatnik

References

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