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

Declension of noun مَنْدِيل (mandīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْدِيل mandīl	الْمَنْدِيل al-mandīl	مَنْدِيل mandīl
Nominative	مَنْدِيلٌ mandīlun	الْمَنْدِيلُ al-mandīlu	مَنْدِيلُ mandīlu
Accusative	مَنْدِيلًا mandīlan	الْمَنْدِيلَ al-mandīla	مَنْدِيلَ mandīla
Genitive	مَنْدِيلٍ mandīlin	الْمَنْدِيلِ al-mandīli	مَنْدِيلِ mandīli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْدِيلَيْن mandīlayn	الْمَنْدِيلَيْن al-mandīlayn	مَنْدِيلَيْ mandīlay
Nominative	مَنْدِيلَانِ mandīlāni	الْمَنْدِيلَانِ al-mandīlāni	مَنْدِيلَا mandīlā
Accusative	مَنْدِيلَيْنِ mandīlayni	الْمَنْدِيلَيْنِ al-mandīlayni	مَنْدِيلَيْ mandīlay
Genitive	مَنْدِيلَيْنِ mandīlayni	الْمَنْدِيلَيْنِ al-mandīlayni	مَنْدِيلَيْ mandīlay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَادِيل manādīl	الْمَنَادِيل al-manādīl	مَنَادِيل manādīl
Nominative	مَنَادِيلُ manādīlu	الْمَنَادِيلُ al-manādīlu	مَنَادِيلُ manādīlu
Accusative	مَنَادِيلَ manādīla	الْمَنَادِيلَ al-manādīla	مَنَادِيلَ manādīla
Genitive	مَنَادِيلَ manādīla	الْمَنَادِيلِ al-manādīli	مَنَادِيلِ manādīli

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: منديل (mandīl)
• Moroccan Arabic: منديل (mandīl)
• → 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 occurrences, while earlier occurrences are directly from Greek)
• → Tigre: መንዲል (mändil)
• → Tigrinya: መንዲል (mändil)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مندیل (mendil)
  • Turkish: mendil
  • → Albanian: mindil
  • → Armenian: մանտիլ (mantil)
  • → Aromanian: mandila, mendil

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 414–418
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “منديل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (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^[3] (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 Literature in Islam (The L.A. Mayer Memorial Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology; II), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 63–99
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “منديل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (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): /man.diːl/

Noun

منديل • (mandīl) m (plural مناديل (manādīl))

1. napkin
2. tissue

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنْدِيل (mandīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.diːl/

Noun

منديل • (mandīl) m (plural منادل (mnādil))

1. napkin
2. table cloth