English
Etymology
From hand + kerchief .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈhæŋkətʃiːf/ , /ˈhæŋkətʃɪf/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈhæŋkɚtʃɪf/
Noun
handkerchief (plural handkerchiefs or handkerchieves )
A piece of cloth , usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
1913 , Robert Barr , chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad [1] :Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth .
Synonyms
Translations
cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands
Afrikaans: sakdoek
Albanian: shami (sq) f
Arabic: مِنْدِيل m ( mindīl ) , مَحْرَمَة f ( maḥrama )
Egyptian Arabic: منديل m ( mandīl )
Armenian: թաշկինակ (hy) ( tʻaškinak )
Assamese: ৰুমাল ( rumal )
Asturian: pañuelu m
Azerbaijani: məndil , dəsmal (az) , cib dəsmalı
Bashkir: ҡулъяулыҡ ( qulʺyawlıq )
Belarusian: насо́ўка f ( nasóŭka ) , насава́я ху́стачка ( nasavája xústačka ) , ху́стачка f ( xústačka )
Bengali: রুমাল ( rumal )
Bulgarian: но́сна къ̀рпа f ( nósna kǎ̀rpa ) , къ̀рпичка f ( kǎ̀rpička )
Burmese: လက်ကိုင်ပဝါ (my) ( lakkuingpa.wa )
Catalan: mocador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手帕 (zh) ( shǒupà ) , 手絹 / 手绢 (zh) ( shǒujuàn ) , 手绢 (zh) ( shǒujuàn )
Crimean Tatar: yavluq
Czech: kapesník (cs) m
Dalmatian: fazuol m , sedarul m
Danish: lommetørklæde (da) n
Dutch: zakdoek (nl) m
Elfdalian: snortrasu f , snorslarv f
Esperanto: naztuko , poŝtuko
Estonian: taskurätik , taskurätt
Faroese: lummaturriklæði n
Finnish: nenäliina (fi)
French: mouchoir (fr) m
Friulian: façolet m , smočhìt
Galician: pano da man m
Georgian: ცხვირსახოცი ( cxvirsaxoci )
German: Taschentuch (de) m
Greek: μαντήλι (el) n ( mantíli )
Ancient: σουδάριον n ( soudárion )
Greenlandic: kakkissarfik
Hebrew: מִמחָטָה (he) m
Hindi: रूमाल (hi) m ( rūmāl )
Hungarian: zsebkendő (hu)
Icelandic: vasaklútur (is)
Ido: nazotuko (io)
Indonesian: saputangan (id)
Irish: ciarsúr (ga) m , ciarsúr póca m , naipcín póca m
Istriot: fassulito m
Italian: fazzoletto (it) m
Japanese: ハンカチ ( hankachi ) , ハンカチーフ ( hankachīfu ) , 鼻拭き ( はなふき, hanafuki )
Kazakh: қол орамал (kk) ( qol oramal )
Khmer: កន្សែងដៃ ( kɑnsaeŋ day )
Korean: 손수건 (ko) ( sonsugeon )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . , Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: бет аарчы ( bet aarcı ) , бет аарчу жоолук ( bet aarcu jooluk )
Lao: ມົນ ( mon ) , ແພມົນ ( phǣ mon ) , ຜ້າເຊັດໜ້າ ( phā set nā )
Latin: sūdārium m
Latvian: kabatlakats m , kabatlakatiņš m ( diminutive ) , mutautiņš m
Lithuanian: nosinė f , nosinaitė f
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Lower Sorbian: šantk m
Luxembourgish: Nuesnappech
Macedonian: ша́мивче n ( šámivče ) , ма́рамче n ( máramče )
Malay: sapu tangan
Maltese: maktur m
Maori: aikiha
Marathi: रुमाल m ( rumāl )
Mongolian: нусны алчуур ( nusny alčuur ) , гурвалжин алчуур ( gurvalžin alčuur ) , ᠭᠠᠷ ᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭᠤᠷ ( ɣar alčiɣur )
Neapolitan: maccaturo m
Norman: mouoché m , torche-nez m
Norwegian: snørrfille
Bokmål: lommetørkle n
Nynorsk: lommetørkle n
Occitan: mocador (oc) m
Ojibwe: moshwens
Pashto: دستمال (ps) m ( dastmãl ) , دسمال (ps) m ( dәsmãl )
Persian: دستمال (fa) ( dastmâl )
Polish: chusteczka do nosa (pl) f , chusteczka (pl) f
Portuguese: lenço (pt) m
Romanian: batistă (ro) f , năframă (ro) f
Romansch: faziel m , fazielet m , fazöl m , fazalet m
Russian: носово́й плато́к (ru) m ( nosovój platók ) , плато́к (ru) m ( platók ) , плато́чек (ru) m ( platóček )
Rwanda-Rundi:
Kinyarwanda: umushwara
Sardinian: macadori , mucadore , mancaloru
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ма̀рамица f
Latin: màramica (sh) f
Sicilian: fazzulettu (scn) m
Slovak: vreckovka f
Slovene: robec (sl) m
Spanish: pañuelo (es) m
Swahili: leso (sw)
Swedish: näsduk (sv)
Tagalog: panyo , panyolito
Tajik: дастмол ( dastmol ) , рӯймол ( rüymol ) , рӯмол ( rümol )
Tatar: кулъяулык (tt) ( qulʺyawlıq )
Thai: ผ้าเช็ดหน้า (th) ( pâa-chét-nâa )
Tok Pisin: hankisip
Turkish: mendil (tr)
Turkmen: elýaglyk
Ukrainian: носова́ ху́стка f ( nosová xústka ) , ху́стка f ( xústka ) , ху́сточка f ( xústočka )
Upper Sorbian: nósnik m , šnuptichl m
Urdu: رومال m ( rūmāl )
Uyghur: قول ياغلىق ( qol yaghliq )
Uzbek: dastroʻmol (uz) , roʻmolcha (uz)
Varhadi-Nagpuri: दस्ती ( dastī )
Venetian: fasołeto m
Vietnamese: khăn tay (vi)
Volapük: pokasärvätül (vo)
Welsh: hances (cy) f , macyn (cy) m , ffunen f , neisied f , cadach (cy) m
West Frisian: bûsdoek
Yiddish: נאָזטיכל n ( noztikhl ) , טיכל n ( tikhl )
Zazaki: desmal
cloth to be worn about the neck