μάνδαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Technical word in -αλο- without etymology. The formation can hardly be Indo-European. Unrelated is ἀμάνδαλον (amándalon, “invisible”), in view of the divergent meanings.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mán.da.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.da.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈman.da.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈman.da.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈman.da.los/

Noun

μᾰ́νδᾰλος • (mắndălos) m (genitive μᾰνδᾰ́λου); second declension

bolt of a door
Synonym: βᾰ́λᾰνος (bắlănos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰ́νδᾰλος; τοῦ μᾰνδᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰ́νδᾰλος ho mắndălos	τὼ μᾰνδᾰ́λω tṑ măndắlō	οἱ μᾰ́νδᾰλοι hoi mắndăloi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰνδᾰ́λου toû măndắlou	τοῖν μᾰνδᾰ́λοιν toîn măndắloin	τῶν μᾰνδᾰ́λων tôn măndắlōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰνδᾰ́λῳ tōî măndắlōi	τοῖν μᾰνδᾰ́λοιν toîn măndắloin	τοῖς μᾰνδᾰ́λοις toîs măndắlois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰ́νδᾰλον tòn mắndălon	τὼ μᾰνδᾰ́λω tṑ măndắlō	τοὺς μᾰνδᾰ́λους toùs măndắlous
Vocative	μᾰ́νδᾰλε mắndăle	μᾰνδᾰ́λω măndắlō	μᾰ́νδᾰλοι mắndăloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μᾰνδᾰλόω (măndălóō)
μᾰνδᾰλωτός (măndălōtós)

Descendants

Greek: μάνταλο (mántalo)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ماندال (mandal), مندال (mandal), مندل (mendal)
- Turkish: mandal
- → Albanian: mandal
- → Armenian: մանտալ (mantal)
- → Azerbaijani: mandal
- → Bulgarian: ма́нда́ло (mándálo), манда́л (mandál)
- → Northern Kurdish: mendel
- → Macedonian: мандал (mandal)
- → Megleno-Romanian: mandalu
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̀ндал
  Latin script: màndal