טמבל

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טמבל

/ˈtem.bel/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Romanian tembel (“lazy, stupid”), derived from Ottoman Turkish تنبل (tembel, “lazy, sluggish”), from Classical Persian تَنْبَل (tanbal).

noun טֶמְבֶּל · témbel · טֶמְבֱּלִים · טֶמְבֶּל־ · טֶמְבְּלֵי־

derogatory Someone with low intelligence; an idiot. כמה טמבלים יש לכם?
A type of bucket hat, popular among Israeli Jews until the 1970s, particularly among kibbutzniks and members of youth movements.
Similar: כובע טמבל

In English

clod stupid person
dumbbell a weight with two disks attached to a short bar

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {טמבל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}