Fenya
Sign in to saveFenya () or '''fen'ka () is a Russian cant language originated among the travelling peddlers and currently used in the Russian criminal underworld and among former detainees of Russian penal establishments ("prison slang"). In modern Russian language it is also referred to as blatnoy language''' (), where "blatnoy" is a slang expression for "professional criminal". It is also widely used in "thieves' songs" (Russian: "blatnaya pesnya").
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Fenya () or '''fen'ka () is a Russian cant language originated among the travelling peddlers and currently used in the Russian criminal underworld and among former detainees of Russian penal establishments ("prison slang"). In modern Russian language it is also referred to as blatnoy language''' (), where "blatnoy" is a slang expression for "professional criminal". It is also widely used in "thieves' songs" (Russian: "blatnaya pesnya").
== Etymology == Initially, this was the name of the Ofenya language (, formerly "Suzdal dialect"). This is a language that was formed in Russia, in the Middle Ages, and was originally used by the ofenyas (travelling peddlers).
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