‖ manzil
(ˈmʌnzɪl)
Forms: 7 manzeil, -eel, munsel, menzill, 9 mansale, munzil, -el, manzil.
[Arab. (hence Pers., Urdū) manzil, f. nazala to descend, alight.]
a. A halting-place. b. The distance between two halting-places, a stage.
| 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 55 Our next nights Manzeil was at Gogoam. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 231 In the middle of the Munsel (i.e. a whole Day's Journy) the Butler alights. 1840 J. B. Fraser Koordistan I. iv. 98 Fixing my first day's munzil..at a village..ten miles from Ooshnoo. 1880 L. Wallace Ben Hur i. (1881) 8 On the desert, distance is..measured..by the saat, or hour, and the manzil, or halt. |