tandoor
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindustani तंदूर (tandūr) / تندور (tandūr), from Classical Persian تنور (tannūr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /tanūr/, “oven”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru), all meaning (clay) oven. According to the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the Akkadian word consists of the parts *ṭīn meaning "mud" and *nuro/*nura meaning "fire" and is mentioned as early as in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh. Compare also Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬏𐬭𐬀 (tanūra). Doublet of athanor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /tænˈdʊə(ɹ)/, /tɑːnˈdʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (Northern California): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
tandoor (plural tandoors)
- A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.
- 2001, Martin Hughes, World Food: India, Lonely Planet, page 53:
- You can cook naan in a normal oven, but the results will inevitably disappoint; even Indians generally wait to savour them in restaurants, as very few homes are equipped with a tandoor.
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Translations[edit]
cylindrical clay oven
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Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandoor m (plural tandoors)
- tandoor (cylindrical clay oven used in Indian cuisine)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tandoor m (plural tandoor)
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