dembel
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tembel, dembel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dembel (feminine dembele, masculine plural dembelë, feminine plural dembele)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 22 : demel, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
Further reading[edit]
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dembel”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127