טשיקאַוועס

Yiddish

Etymology

From טשיקאַווע (tshikave, “curious”).

Noun

טשיקאַוועס • (tshikaves) n, plural טשיקאַוועסן (tshikavesn)

1. curiosity

   איך פֿרעג אויף טשיקאַוועס.

   ikh freg oyf tshikaves.

   I ask out of curiosity.

References

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