Citations:mandil


 * 1)  A turban; cloth used to make a turban.
 * 2) * [1971, F[ranz] Rosenthal, “A Note on the Mandīl”, in R[ichard] Ettinghausen and O[tto] Kurz, editors, Four Essays on Art and Literature in Islam (The L. A. Mayer Memorial Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology; vol. II), Leiden: E. J. Brill, 462394099, page 92:
 * A mandīl for a turban (‛iṣābah) is mentioned in the Arabian Nights.]
 * Note: This is a discussion of the Arabic word rather than the word as used in English.