# קעסט
## Yiddish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛst/, /keːst/

### Etymology 1

Most likely from Middle High German koste, kost with umlaut. From Medieval Latin costus, costa. Cognate to German Kosten, Kost, Dutch kost.

#### Noun

קעסט • (kest) ?
* room and board, bed and board (meals in a place of lodging)
    Synonym: פּאַנסיאָן (pansyon)
    געבן קעסט ― gebn kest ― to provide room and board
    האָבן קעסט בײַ ― hobn kest bay ― to have room and board with
    איידעם אויף קעסט ― eydem oyf kest ― parasite, freeloader (literally, “son-in-law on room and board”)
* (Judaism) room and board for a young couple provided by the bride’s parents for an agreed upon period of time to enable the son-in-law to continue his traditional studies
    זײַן/זיצן אויף קעסט, עסן קעסט ― zayn/zitsn oyf kest, esn kest ― to receive room and board (esp. from one's in-laws)
    אַראָפּגיין פֿון קעסט ― aropgeyn fun kest ― to stop receiving room and board (esp. from one's in-laws)

##### Usage notes

* The gender of this noun differs between dictionaries. JNW lists it as any gender (i.e. masculine, feminine, neuter), CEYD lists it as masculine only, while CYED and the Yiddish-Belarusian Dictionary list it as plural.
* קאַזיאָנע (kazyone) in the first derived term most likely comes from Russian казённый (kazjónnyj, “state, government”).

##### Derived terms

* אויף קאַזיאָנע קעסט (oyf kazyone kest, “at the taxpayer's expense; in prison”)
* קעסטקינד (kestkind, “foster child”)
* קעסטניק (kestnik, “freeloader”)
* קעסט־עלטערן (kest-eltern, “foster parents”), קעסטפֿאָטער (kestfoter, “foster father”), קעסטמוטער (kestmuter, “foster mother”)

##### References

* Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “kest”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 441
* Justus van de Kamp et al., “קעסט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
* Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “board, (meals/lodging)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
* Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קעסט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Likely cognate to Luxembourgish Käscht. Ultimately from Latin castanea. Doublet of קאַשטאַן (kashtan), קאַשטן (kashtn).

#### Noun

קעסט • (kest) f, plural קעסטן (kestn)
* chestnut
    Synonyms: קאַשטן (kashtn), קאַשטאַן (kashtan)
    קעסט ברוין ― kest broyn ― maroon (literally, “chestnut brown”)

##### Derived terms

* קעסטנבוים (kestnboym, “chestnut tree”)

##### References

* Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “kest”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 441
* Justus van de Kamp et al., “קעסט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
* Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קעסט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
* Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “chestnut”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN