Romanian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tæmbæl/
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Adjective

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tembel

  1. lazy
    Synonyms: üşengeç, üşengen

Declension

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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.