Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tenbel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

tembel m or n (feminine singular tembelă, masculine plural tembeli, feminine and neuter plural tembele)

  1. slacker, sluggard, slothful, indolent
  2. inert
  3. dull, stupid

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Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tenbel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tæmbæl/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

tembel

  1. lazy
    Synonyms: üşengeç, üşengen

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative tembel
Definite accusative tembeli
Singular Plural
Nominative tembel tembeller
Definite accusative tembeli tembelleri
Dative tembele tembellere
Locative tembelde tembellerde
Ablative tembelden tembellerden
Genitive tembelin tembellerin
  • When adjectives are declined according to the cases, they become nouns:
Tembel insanları sevmem.I do not like lazy people.
Tembelleri sevmem.I do not like lazies.