მანდილი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მანდილი (mandili, table napkin; handkerchief), from Byzantine Greek μανδύλιον (mandúlion), μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), or μανδήλη (mandḗlē, cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth), ultimately from Latin mantēle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mandili/
  • Hyphenation: მან‧დი‧ლი

Noun

მანდილი • (mandili) (plural მანდილები)

  1. (woman's) headscarf

Inflection

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მანდილი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 215
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