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- (chiefly Persia, obsolete) A turban; cloth used to make a turban.
- Rosenthal, “A Note on the Mandīl”, in R Ettinghausen and O 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, OCLC 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.
1994, Garland Cannon, Alan S. Kaye, The Arabic Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 244:mandil, n. An Asian's turban.