קעשענע
־ס
די
'pocket'

ETYMOLOGY

Polish kieszeń 'pocket' (since the 17th c.), in the 16th c. still kieszenia; from Belarusian кішэ́нь, from Lithuanian kišenė.
{Boryś 230; Reibach 2023a: 169}
The idiom זײַן בײַ עמעצן אין קעשענע 'to be in someone's pocket (i.e., financially dependent)' might be be a calque of Polish siedzieć u kogoś w kieszeni 'to sit in someone's pocket'.

CENTRAL

kešɩnɩ {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

SOUTHEASTERN

kʲɛšɛnə {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}

AUDIO Sholem Aleichem [Pereyaslav, Voronko, UKRAINE] 1915
ˈkešɩnʲə
זאָל זי האָבן בײַ זיך אין קעשענע אַ דרײַערל