dembel

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. lazy

See also

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References

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

Further reading

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  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dembel”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127
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