تنبللك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From تنبل (tembel, “idle, lazy”) +‎ ـلك (-lik, “-ness, -hood”).

Noun

تنبللك • (tembellik) (definite accusative تنبللكی (tembelliği), plural تنبللكلر (tembellikler))

  1. laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, sluggishness, the property or quality of being lazy or idle
    Synonym: هایلازلق (haylazlık)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tembellik

Further reading

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