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mundil

mundil is the alternative spelling 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...

Forms of mundil

pluralmundils

Origin of mundil

See mandil.

Questions about mundil

What is mundil the alternative spelling of?
Mundil is the alternative spelling of mandil.

Words near mundil in the dictionary

  1. mundifiers
  2. mundifies
  3. mundifieth
  4. mundify
  5. mundifying
  6. mundil
  7. Mundilfari
  8. mundils
  9. Mundingo
  10. Mundingoes
  11. Mundingos

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