<P> There is a mistaken belief that the word for a Jewish matchmaker is `` yenta '' or `` yente '' . In reality a Jewish matchmaker is called a shadchan ( שדכן ) . The origin of this error is the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof , in which a character named Yente serves as the matchmaker for the village of Anatevka . The Yiddish name `` Yente '' derives from a word meaning `` gentle '' or `` noble '' but it has come to refer to a woman who is a gossip or a busybody , much like the character in the musical . </P>
<P> There is a mistaken belief that the word for a Jewish matchmaker is `` yenta '' or `` yente '' . In reality a Jewish matchmaker is called a shadchan ( שדכן ) . The origin of this error is the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof , in which a character named Yente serves as the matchmaker for the village of Anatevka . The Yiddish name `` Yente '' derives from a word meaning `` gentle '' or `` noble '' but it has come to refer to a woman who is a gossip or a busybody , much like the character in the musical . </P>
what is the name of the matchmaker in fiddler
what is the name of the matchmaker in fiddler
Yente
Yente