μαντήλα

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μαντήλη (mantḗlē), μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth”), from Latin mantēle, mantēlium,[1] but the sense from Ottoman Turkish مندیل‎ (mendil).

Noun

μαντήλα • (mantíla) f (plural μαντήλες)

  1. large mantilla or headscarf

Declension
declension of μαντήλα
singular plural
nominative μαντήλα • μαντήλες •
genitive μαντήλας • —
accusative μαντήλα • μαντήλες •
vocative μαντήλα • μαντήλες •

Synonyms

References
  1. Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
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