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Where does “مندیل” come from?

مندیل (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic مَنْدِيل, from Greek μανδίλιον, from Latin mantēlium, from Latin mantēle.

مندیل (Ottoman Turkish): tablecloth; headcloth; turban; headscarf;...

Definitions

  1. tablecloth; headcloth; turban; headscarf;...

Ancestry of “مندیل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَنْدِيلcloth put around things; sash; turban cloth;...
2Greekμανδίλιον—
3Latinmantēlium—
4Latinmantēle—

Words derived from “مندیل”

  • mendil
Every word from Latin mantēle →