mendil

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مندیل (mendil), from Arabic مَنْدِيل (mandīl), from Byzantine Greek μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), or μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth”), from Latin mantēlium, mantēle (“cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛn.dil/

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Noun

mendil (definite accusative mendili, plural mendiller)

1. handkerchief

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mendil
Definite accusative	mendili
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mendil	mendiller
Definite accusative	mendili	mendilleri
Dative	mendile	mendillere
Locative	mendilde	mendillerde
Ablative	mendilden	mendillerden
Genitive	mendilin	mendillerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mendilim mendillerim 2nd singular mendilin mendillerin 3rd singular mendili mendilleri 1st plural mendilimiz mendillerimiz 2nd plural mendiliniz mendilleriniz 3rd plural mendilleri mendilleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mendilimi mendillerimi 2nd singular mendilini mendillerini 3rd singular mendilini mendillerini 1st plural mendilimizi mendillerimizi 2nd plural mendilinizi mendillerinizi 3rd plural mendillerini mendillerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mendilime mendillerime 2nd singular mendiline mendillerine 3rd singular mendiline mendillerine 1st plural mendilimize mendillerimize 2nd plural mendilinize mendillerinize 3rd plural mendillerine mendillerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mendilimde mendillerimde 2nd singular mendilinde mendillerinde 3rd singular mendilinde mendillerinde 1st plural mendilimizde mendillerimizde 2nd plural mendilinizde mendillerinizde 3rd plural mendillerinde mendillerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mendilimden mendillerimden 2nd singular mendilinden mendillerinden 3rd singular mendilinden mendillerinden 1st plural mendilimizden mendillerimizden 2nd plural mendilinizden mendillerinizden 3rd plural mendillerinden mendillerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mendilimin mendillerimin 2nd singular mendilinin mendillerinin 3rd singular mendilinin mendillerinin 1st plural mendilimizin mendillerimizin 2nd plural mendilinizin mendillerinizin 3rd plural mendillerinin mendillerinin

Derived terms

• ıslak mendil