مندل

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sauraseni Apabhramsa, from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مَنْدَل (mandalm

  1. a form of chiromantic fortunetelling comprising the recital of Qurʾān verses and conjuring into the hand

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Behnstedt, Peter (1997) Sprachatlas von Syrien., volume 2: Volkskundliche Texte, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67 seqq.
  • Ben-Shammai, Haggai (2017) “From Rabbinic Homilies to Geonic Doctrincal Exegesis. The Story of the Witch of En Dor as a Test Case”, in Exegetical Crossroads. Understanding Scripture in Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Pre-Modern Orient, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 185 from 163–198
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مندل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 652b
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مندل”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1228b

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian مندل (mandal), from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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مندل (mendel)

  1. a form of chiromantic fortunetelling comprising the recital of Qurʾān verses and conjuring into the hand
  2. fuzz on the face of a youngster

Etymology 2

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Noun

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مندل (mendal)

  1. Alternative form of ماندال (mandal)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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مندل (mendil)

  1. Alternative spelling of مندیل (mendil)

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mandal
Dari reading? mandal
Iranian reading? mandal
Tajik reading? mandal

Noun

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مندل (mandal)

  1. the charmed circle of a conjuror
  2. a kind of drum

Further reading

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مندل”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مندل”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[3] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1217