mangal

See also: Mangal

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese mangal, from Portuguese mangue (“mangrove”) + Portuguese -al (“-al”)

Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋɡəl/, /-ˌɡæl/, /-ˌɡɑːl/, /-ˈɡæl/, /-ˈɡɑːl/

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• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl, -æŋɡæl, -æŋɡɑːl, -ɡɑːl

Noun

mangal (plural mangals)

1. (ecology) A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.

   Synonym: mangrove

Translations

tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees

• Afrikaans: wortelboommoeras (mangrove swamp)
• Antillean Creole: ^{(please verify)} manng
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} غابة المنغروف (mangrove forest), ^{(please verify)} مستنقع المنغروف (mangrove swamp)
• Bengali: ম্যানগ্রোভ অরণ্য (mêngrōbh oronno)
• Bhojpuri: मैंग्रोव बन (maiṅgrōv ban)
• Burmese: လမုတော (la.mu.tau:)
• Cebuano: bakhawan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅樹林 / 红树林 (zh) (hóngshùlín) (mangrove forest)

• Danish: mangrove (da) c
• Finnish: mangrove (fi), mangrovemetsä, mangrovesuo
• French: mangrove (fr) f
• German: Mangrove (de) f
• Hungarian: Mangroveerdő
• Malay: hutan bakau, hutan paya bakau, paya bakau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mangrove (no) m

  Nynorsk: mangrove m

• Persian: جنگل حرا
• Polish: mangrowe nvir, mangrowia nvir, namorzyny nvir
• Portuguese: mangue (pt), manguezal
• Spanish: manglar (es) m
• Swedish: mangrove (sv) c
• Thai: ป่าชายเลน (bpàa-chaai-leen), ป่าโกงกาง (bpàa-goong-gaang)
• Ukrainian: ма́нгри m pl (mánhry)
• Urdu: مینگروو کے جنگل
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bưng biền (vi), rừng đước, rừng ngập mặn

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish mangal, from Arabic مَنْقَل (manqal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæŋˈɡæl/, /mɑŋ-/, /-ˈɡɑl/, /ˈmæŋɡəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɡæl, -ɡɑl, -æŋɡəl

Noun

mangal (plural mangals)

1. A Middle Eastern-style barbecue (cookout), or the barbecue (grill; cooking apparatus) it is cooked on.

Translations

Middle Eastern-style cookout, or the grill it is cooked on

• Arabic: مَنْقَل m (manqal), مِنْقَل m (minqal)
• Armenian: մանղալ (hy) (manġal), մաղալ (hy) (maġal)
• Azerbaijani: manqal (az)
• Belarusian: манга́л m (manhál)
• Bulgarian: манга́л (bg) m (mangál)
• French: mangal (fr) m
• Georgian: მაყალი (maq̇ali)
• Greek: μαγκάλι (el) f (magkáli)
• Indonesian: mangal
• Kazakh: мангал (mañal)
• Kyrgyz: мангал (mangal)
• Macedonian: мангал m (mangal)
• Pashto: منقل m (manqal)
• Persian: منقل (fa) (manqal)
• Romanian: mangal (ro) n
• Russian: манга́л (ru) m (mangál)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̀нгал m

  Latin: màngal (sh) m

• Tajik: манқал (manqal)
• Turkish: mangal (tr)
• Turkish: mangal (tr)
• Ukrainian: манга́л m (manhál)
• Uzbek: manqal (uz)

Anagrams

• Lagman

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

mangal

1. hand

Synonyms

• dhalgumu (avoidance language)

Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मङ्गल (maṅgala, “auspicious sign; Mars”). For semantics, compare Sindhi [script needed] (maṅaru, “fire”).

Noun

mangal ?

1. fire

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[3], pages 13-36

Portuguese

Etymology

From manga +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡaw/ [mɐ̃ˈɡaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡal/ [mɐ̃ˈɡaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡal/ [mɐ̃ˈɡaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡa.li/

• Hyphenation: man‧gal

Noun

mangal f (plural mangais)

1. mango farm

   Synonym: mangueiral

Further reading

• “mangal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mangal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “mangal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مانغال (mangal), from Arabic مَنْقَل (manqal).

Noun

mangal n (plural mangaluri)

1. charcoal
2. brazier, mangal

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mangal	mangalul		mangaluri	mangalurile
genitive-dative	mangal	mangalului		mangaluri	mangalurilor
vocative	mangalule			mangalurilor

Spanish

Etymology

From mango +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡal/ [mãŋˈɡal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: man‧gal

Noun

mangal m (plural mangales)

1. mango farm

Further reading

• “mangal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Turkish

Mangal used for grilling

Mangal used for heating

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مانغال (mangal) or منقل (manḳal, “a brasier, chafing dish for charcoal fire”),) from Arabic مَنْقُول (manqūl, “portable, movable”). Cognate with Armenian մանղալ (manġal), Azerbaijani manqal, Bulgarian мангал (mangal), Greek μανγκάλ (mangkál) Macedonian мангал (mangal), Russian мангал (mangal), Tajik мангал (mangal), Turkmen maňňal, Ukrainian мангал (manhal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈɡaɫ/
• Hyphenation: man‧gal

Noun

mangal (definite accusative mangalı, plural mangallar)

1. An open-top fireplace, made of sheet metal, copper or brass, used for either heat or cooking; a brasier or a barbecue.

   Synonyms: korluk, barbekü

Declension

Declension of mangal

singular plural nominative mangal mangallar definite accusative mangalı mangalları dative mangala mangallara locative mangalda mangallarda ablative mangaldan mangallardan genitive mangalın mangalların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular mangalım mangallarım 2nd singular mangalın mangalların 3rd singular mangalı mangalları 1st plural mangalımız mangallarımız 2nd plural mangalınız mangallarınız 3rd plural mangalları mangalları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular mangalımı mangallarımı 2nd singular mangalını mangallarını 3rd singular mangalını mangallarını 1st plural mangalımızı mangallarımızı 2nd plural mangalınızı mangallarınızı 3rd plural mangallarını mangallarını dative singular plural 1st singular mangalıma mangallarıma 2nd singular mangalına mangallarına 3rd singular mangalına mangallarına 1st plural mangalımıza mangallarımıza 2nd plural mangalınıza mangallarınıza 3rd plural mangallarına mangallarına locative singular plural 1st singular mangalımda mangallarımda 2nd singular mangalında mangallarında 3rd singular mangalında mangallarında 1st plural mangalımızda mangallarımızda 2nd plural mangalınızda mangallarınızda 3rd plural mangallarında mangallarında ablative singular plural 1st singular mangalımdan mangallarımdan 2nd singular mangalından mangallarından 3rd singular mangalından mangallarından 1st plural mangalımızdan mangallarımızdan 2nd plural mangalınızdan mangallarınızdan 3rd plural mangallarından mangallarından genitive singular plural 1st singular mangalımın mangallarımın 2nd singular mangalının mangallarının 3rd singular mangalının mangallarının 1st plural mangalımızın mangallarımızın 2nd plural mangalınızın mangallarınızın 3rd plural mangallarının mangallarının

Derived terms

• mangal gibi yüreği olmak
• mangal kömürü
• mangal yağı
• mangal yürekli
• mangalda kül bırakmamak

Related terms

• kalorifer
• ocak
• soba
• tandır

Further reading

• “mangal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu