different between manzil vs mandil

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic ???????? (manzil, “house, dwelling”).

Noun

manzil (plural manzils)

1. (Islam) Any of the seven partitions of the Qur'an, which can be read in an entire day.
2. In the Arabic world, a house or inn used a place of rest, especially by travelers.

English

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (mand?l, “sash; turban cloth; handkerchief”), already borrowed before Islam from Byzantine Greek ????????? (mandílion), ????????? (mantílion), ??????? (mand?l?, “cloth; hand towel; handkerchief; tablecloth”) (the last word found in an Egyptian papyrus dated to 481 AD), from Latin mant?lium, mant?le (“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): /?mænd?l/
• Hyphenation: man?dil

Noun

mandil (plural mandils)

1. (chiefly Persia, historical) A turban; cloth used to make a turban.

Related terms

• mandilla
• mandylion
• mantilla

References

Anagrams

• lamnid

Old French

Alternative forms

• mendil
• mandilh

Noun

mandil m (oblique plural mandiz or mandilz, nominative singular mandiz or mandilz, nominative plural mandil)

1. Small coat

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (mand?l), from Byzantine Greek ????????? (mandílion), ????????? (mantílion), ??????? (mand?l?, “cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth”), from Latin mant?lium, mant?le, hence doublet of mantel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man?dil/, [mãn??d?il]
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

mandil m (plural mandiles)

1. apron

   Synonym: delantal

Derived terms

• mandilón