laubali
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لاابالی (la-ubāli, “(I care not), careless, free and easy”),[1][2] from Arabic لَا أُبَالِي (lā ʔubālī, “I don't care”), from لَا (lā, “no, not”) and أُبَالِي (ʔubālī), non-past (imperfect) indicative of بَالَى (bālā, “to care about, to notice, to pay attention”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laːu.baːˈliː/, (colloquial) /laːbaːˈli/
- Hyphenation: la‧u‧ba‧li
Adjective
laubali
- disrespectful, impertinent
- Synonym: saygısız
- informal, casual
- Synonyms: teklifsiz, senli benli
- Behaving out of place, without proper seriousness.
- Synonym: ciddiyetsiz
Declension
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| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | laubaliyim | laubali miyim? |
| sen (you are) | laubalisin | laubali misin? |
| o (he/she/it is) | laubali / laubalidir | laubali mi? |
| biz (we are) | laubaliyiz | laubali miyiz? |
| siz (you are) | laubalisiniz | laubali misiniz? |
| onlar (they are) | laubali(ler) | laubali(ler) mi? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | laubaliydim | laubali miydim? |
| sen (you were) | laubaliydin | laubali miydin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | laubaliydi | laubali miydi? |
| biz (we were) | laubaliydik | laubali miydik? |
| siz (you were) | laubaliydiniz | laubali miydiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | laubaliydiler | laubali miydiler? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | laubaliymişim | laubali miymişim? |
| sen (you were) | laubaliymişsin | laubali miymişsin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | laubaliymiş | laubali miymiş? |
| biz (we were) | laubaliymişiz | laubali miymişiz? |
| siz (you were) | laubaliymişsiniz | laubali miymişsiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | laubaliymişler | laubali miymişler? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | laubaliysem | laubali miysem? |
| sen (if you) | laubaliysen | laubali miysen? |
| o (if he/she/it) | laubaliyse | laubali miyse? |
| biz (if we) | laubaliysek | laubali miysek? |
| siz (if you) | laubaliyseniz | laubali miyseniz? |
| onlar (if they) | laubaliyseler | laubali miyseler? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Adverb
laubali
- In an excessively casual and familiar way
- Synonym: teklifsizce
Derived terms
- laubali olmak
- laubalice
- laubalilik
- laubaliyane
Related terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاابالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1616
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاابالی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1070
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “laubali”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “laubali”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “laubali”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2944