toalha

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. (feminine) towel (cloth used for drying something wet)
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of toalha de mesa

Têgeh

خاولی

سفره

Hevwate

guardanapo

Werger

toalla

towel

serviette

Handtuch

handdoek

asciugamano

tovallola

منشفة

havlu

tovaglia

tablecloth

πετσέτα

Tischtuch

essuie-main

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/tuˈa.ʎɐ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Old Provençal hatiye wergirtin: toalha

In summary

Borrowed from Old Occitan toalha, from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahillja (“towel, washcloth”). Compare Italian tovaglia (“tablecloth”).