mandil

== English == === Etymology === From Arabic مَنْدِيل (mandīl, “sash; turban cloth; handkerchief”), already borrowed before Islam from Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “cloth; hand towel; handkerchief; tablecloth”) (the last word found in an Egyptian papyrus dated to 481 AD), from Latin mantēlium, mantēle (“hand towel, napkin”), probably from manus (“hand”) + tergere (“to rub, wipe, wipe off; to clean”). Compare French mendil (“turban, turban cloth”) (1659; translating German Mendil from a 1656 source). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmændɪl/ Hyphenation: man‧dil === Noun === mandil (plural mandils) (chiefly Persia, historical) A turban; cloth used to make a turban. ==== Alternative forms ==== mundil ==== Related terms ==== mandilla mandylion mantilla === References === === Anagrams === maldin', lamnid, maldin == Old French == === Alternative forms === mendil mandilh === Noun === mandil oblique singular, m (oblique plural mandiz or mandilz, nominative singular mandiz or mandilz, nominative plural mandil) small coat == Spanish == === Etymology === From Arabic مَنْدِيل (mandīl), from Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth”), from Latin mantēlium, mantēle, hence doublet of mantel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /manˈdil/ [mãn̪ˈd̪il] Rhymes: -il Syllabification: man‧dil === Noun === mandil m (plural mandiles) apron Synonym: delantal ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mandil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025