לעסביאַנקע

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Russian лесбия́нка (lesbijánka).

Noun

לעסביאַנקע • (lesbyanke) f, plural לעסביאַנקעס (lesbyankes)

1. a lesbian

   Synonym: לעסבערקע (lesberke)

Related terms

• לעסבישקייט (lesbishkeyt)

References

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