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| '''''Shiksa''''' ({{lang-yi|שיקסע|translit=shikse}}) is an often disparaging<ref name="Merriam">{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiksa |title=Shiksa | Definition of shiksa by Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref> term for a ] woman or girl. The word, which is of ] origin, has moved into ] usage (as well as ] and ]), mostly in ]n ]. According to the '']'', it came into English usage in the late 19th century from the Yiddish ''shikse'', which is an adaptation of the ] word ''šiqṣâ'', which is derived from ''sheqeṣ'' ("a detested thing") and the feminine suffix ''-â''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Shiksa |encyclopedia=Oxford English Dictionary |year=2009 |version=Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-956383-8 }}</ref> | |||
| Among ], the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.<ref name="Merriam" /> | |||
| The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is ].<ref name=FAQ/> | |||
| ==As self-reference== | |||
| Writer Menachem Kaiser argues in his essay "Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa" that "the pejorative connotation of 'shiksa' is fuzzy at best" because {{"'}}shiksa' today is used as often as not in winking self-reference".<ref name=Kaiser>{{cite web |url=http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/anti-non-semitism-an-investigation-of-the-shiksa |title=Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa |first=Menachem |last=Kaiser |date=March 6, 2013 |work=] |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Etymology== | |||
| The etymology of the word ''shiksa'' is partly derived from the ] term שקץ ''shekets'', meaning "abomination", "impure," or "object of loathing", depending on the translator.{{cn|date=September 2019}} | |||
| Several dictionaries define ''shiksa'' as a disparaging and offensive term applied to a non-Jewish girl or woman.<ref name=Kaiser/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shiksa |title=definition of shiksa |website=] |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref> In 2014, Rabbi Jack Abramowitz described it as "simply indefensible", "inherently condescending, racist and misogynistic".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ou.org/life/inspiration/jewish-n-word/ |title=The Jewish N Word |first=Jack |last=Abramowitz |date=December 18, 2014 |publisher=ou.org |accessdate=May 9, 2018 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Derivative== | |||
| In ], ''siksa'' or ] ({{IPA-pl|ɕiksa|pron}}) is a pejorative but humorous word for an immature young girl or teenage girl. According to Polish language dictionary from 1915, it has been defined as "pisspants"; a ] between the Yiddish term and its similarity to the Polish verb ''sikać'' ("to piss"). In today's language however, it is roughly equivalent to the English terms "snot-nosed brat", "little squirt", and "naughty school-girl" in a humorous context.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ebuw.uw.edu.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=239&dirids=1 |title=Warsaw University Digital Library - Słownik języka polskiego |volume=T. 6.: S-Ś |year=1915 |page=128 |publisher=Ebuw.uw.edu.pl |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref><ref> ] 2016.</ref> | |||
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