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Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tembel, dembel), from Persian تنبل (tanbal).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dembél (feminine dembele, masculine plural dembelë, feminine plural dembele)
- lazy
See also
References
Further reading
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “dembel”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 127
- “dembel”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe , 1980