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Yenta
Yenta (×™×˘× ×ŞÖĽ×Ö·) from the Yiddish Yente, a back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentÄ«lis, of the same clan. Yenta is a term sometimes used to describe a Jewish Female.
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