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mandils

mandils is the plural of mandil.

Meaning of mandil

Noun

mandil (plural mandils)

  1. (historical, chiefly Persia) A turban; cloth used to make a turban.
    • His turban, or mandil [mandīl], was of finest white silk interwoven with gold, bestudded with pearl[s] and carbuncles; [...]1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. Into Afrique and the Greater Asia, especially the Territories of the Persian Monarchie: And some Parts of the Orientall...

Questions about mandils

What is mandils the plural of?
Mandils is the plural of mandil.

Words near mandils in the dictionary

  1. Mandigos
  2. Mandih
  3. mandil
  4. mandilion
  5. mandilions
  6. mandils
  7. manding
  8. Mandingan
  9. Mandingans
  10. Mandingbam
  11. Mandingo

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