kvetch

and quetch (kvɛtʃ and kʍɛtʃ)

1. in. to complain. (From German quetschen, “to squeeze,” via Yiddish.) Quit your kvetching!

2. n. a complainer. What a kvetch you are!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arndt	AHRNT	German
Dulf	DULF	Limburgish
Alina	ah-LEE-nah (German, Italian, Polish)	Romanian, German, Italian, Polish
Marica	-	Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Jolie	JO-lee (English), zho-LEE (French)	English, Various
Shir (2)	-	Persian (Rare)