თემბელი

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɛmˈbɛli/
  • Hyphenation: თემ‧ბე‧ლი

Adjective

თემბელი (tembeli) (Latin spelling tembeli)

  1. lazy
    Synonym: მუანატი (muanaťi)
    დურსუნიქ ოკო თემბელი კოჩი რენ ქი ყონაშა იდუნა ჩქარ ვარიჩალიშეფს დო ბოჲინე იკალანდეფს
    dursunik oǩo tembeli ǩoçi ren ki qonaşa iduna çkar variçalişeps do boyine iǩalandeps
    Dursun is so lazy that if he goes to the field, he doesn't work at all and always lingers

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “tembeli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თემბელი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi