ביטניק

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Noun

ביטניק • (bitnik) m, plural ביטניקעס (bitnikes)

  1. beatnik

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