منديل

See also: مندیل

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), or μανδήλη (mandḗlē, cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth), from Latin mantēlium, mantēle (cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth). Also vocalized hyper-classically مِنْدِيل (mindīl) at odds with origin, usage, and descendants.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.diːl/

Noun

مَنْدِيل (mandīl) m (plural مَنَادِيل (manādīl))

  1. various kinds of cloth, textile covering
    1. tablecloth
    2. hand towel, handkerchief
    3. turban cloth, sash, kerchief

Declension

Descendants

  • Amharic: መንዲል (mändil)
  • English: mandil, mendil (exotism, variously via Arabic, Turkish, and Persian)
  • French: mandil, mendil (exotism, variously via Arabic, Turkish, and Persian)
  • German: Mendil (exotism, variously via Arabic, Turkish, and Persian)
  • Ge'ez: መንዲል (mändil)
  • Persian: مندیل (mendil)
  • Spanish: mandil
  • Classical Syriac: ܡܰܢܕܝ݇ܠܴܐ (mandīlā) (in post-Islamic occurences, while earlier occurences are directly from Greek)
  • Tigre: መንዲል (mändil)
  • Tigrinya: መንዲል (mändil)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مندیل (mendil)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 414–418
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), منديل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 653
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 83–84
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 61
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), منديل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 260
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 348–349
  • Rosenthal, Franz (1971), “IV. A Note on the Mandīl”, in Four Essays on Art and Litterature in Islam (The L.A. Mayer Memorial Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology; II), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 63–99
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), منديل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1226
  • mndyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْدِيل (mandīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdiːl/

Noun

مَنْديل • (mandīl) m

(plural مَناديل ‎(manādīl))
  1. napkin
  2. tissue
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