Tchotchke

Tchotchke

!A cabinet of tchotchkes and memorabilia behind the counter at [Shopsin's in the Essex Street Market in New York City](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/TchotchkesandmemorabiliaatShopsin%27sedited.jpg/250px-TchotchkesandmemorabiliaatShopsin%27sedited.jpg)

Tchotchke

The word may also refer to free promotional items dispensed at trade shows, conventions, and similar commercial events. They can also be sold as cheap souvenirs in tourist areas, which are sometimes called "tchotchke shops".

Etymology and spelling

The word tchotchke derives from a Slavic word for "trinket" (Ukrainian: цяцька, romanized: tsiatska [ˈtsʲɑtsʲkɐ] ; Polish: cacko [ˈt͡sat͡skɔ] , pl. cacka; Slovak: čačka [ˈtʂatʂka]; Belarusian: цацка, romanized: tsatska [ˈt͡sat͡ska] ; Russian: цацка, romanized: tsatska [ˈtsatskə]), adapted to Yiddish singular טשאַטשקע tshatshke.

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