dembel

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tembel, dembel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛmˈbɛl/

Adjective

dembél (feminine dembele, masculine plural dembelë, feminine plural dembele)

  1. lazy

See also

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 22 : demel, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder

Further reading

  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dembel”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127
  • “dembel”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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