laubali

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لاابالی (la-ubāli, (I care not), careless, free and easy),[1][2] from Arabic لَا أُبَالِي (lā ʔubālī, I don't care), from لَا (, no, not) and أُبَالِي (ʔubālī), non-past (imperfect) indicative of بَالَى (bālā, to care about, to notice, to pay attention).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːu.baːˈliː/, (colloquial) /laːbaːˈli/
  • Hyphenation: la‧u‧ba‧li

Adjective

laubali

  1. disrespectful, impertinent
    Synonym: saygısız
  2. informal, casual
    Synonyms: teklifsiz, senli benli
  3. Behaving out of place, without proper seriousness.
    Synonym: ciddiyetsiz

Declension

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Adverb

laubali

  1. In an excessively casual and familiar way
    Synonym: teklifsizce

Derived terms

  • laubali olmak
  • laubalice
  • laubalilik
  • laubaliyane

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لاابالی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1616
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لاابالی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1070
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “laubali”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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