τζερεμές

Greek

Alternative forms

• ντζερεμές m (ntzeremés)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جریمه (cerîme, “unjust fine”) through Persian جریمه (jarime, “fine”), ultimately from Arabic جَرِيمَة (jarīma, “crime, offense”) and perhaps under the semantic influence of Arabic غَرَامَة (ḡarāma, “fine, penalty”). Compare the Turkish cereme descendant from the Ottoman usage of the term with the same meaning of "unjust fine, damage to be paid due to someone other's fault" as in the sense borrowed into Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ze.ɾeˈmes/
• Hyphenation: τζε‧ρε‧μές

Noun

τζερεμές • (tzeremés) m (plural τζερεμέδες)

1. unjust fine or penalty, payment for damage caused by someone else or by accident

   θα ξαναπληρώσω τζερεμέ ― tha xanapliróso tzeremé ― I will again pay an unjust fine

2. (slang) a lazy, useless person; a good-for-nothing

Declension

Declension of τζερεμές

	singular	plural
nominative	τζερεμές •	τζερεμέδες •
genitive	τζερεμέ •	τζερεμέδων •
accusative	τζερεμέ •	τζερεμέδες •
vocative	τζερεμέ •	τζερεμέδες •

Derived terms

• σκότωνε τρελούς, πλήρωνε τζερεμέδες (skótone treloús, plírone tzeremédes)

References

• τζερεμές, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language