τζερεμές

• ντζερεμές m (ntzeremés)

From Ottoman Turkish جریمه (cerîme, “unjust fine”) through Persian جریمه (jarime, “fine”), ultimately from Arabic جَرِيمَة (jarīma, “crime, offense”) and perhaps under the semantic influence of Arabic غَرَامَة (ḡarāma, “fine, penalty”). Compare the Turkish cereme descendant from the Ottoman usage of the term with the same meaning of "unjust fine, damage to be paid due to someone other's fault" as in the sense borrowed into Greek.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ze.ɾeˈmes/
• Hyphenation: τζε‧ρε‧μές

τζερεμές • (tzeremés) m (plural τζερεμέδες)

1. unjust fine or penalty, payment for damage caused by someone else or by accident

   θα ξαναπληρώσω τζερεμέ ― tha xanapliróso tzeremé ― I will again pay an unjust fine

2. (slang) a lazy, useless person; a good-for-nothing

• σκότωνε τρελούς, πλήρωνε τζερεμέδες (skótone treloús, plírone tzeremédes)

• τζερεμές - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.