تنورة

See also: تنوره‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian تنوره‎ (tanūra, “cuirass, corselet; a part of dress worn by dervishes from their middle”), compare also Aramaic תַּנּוּרַא‎ / ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܐ‎ (tannūrā, “cuirass, corselet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tan.nuː.ra/

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Noun

تَنُّورَة • (tannūra) f (plural تَنَانِير‎ (tanānīr))

1. skirt, kilt, loincloth
   • 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, editor, تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار [tuḥfat an-nuẓẓār fī ḡarāʾib al-ʾamṣār wa ʿajāʾib al-ʾasfār]‎^[1], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, line 7, page 23:

     ‏حكاية هذا الشيخ وكان من أولياء اللّه تعالى قائمًا على قَدَم التجرُّد يلبس تنّورة وهو ثوب يستر من سرّته إلى أسفل‎

     The story of that man is that he was one of the holier-than-thou and rose onto his foot in a state of undress, vested with but a loincloth, it being a weed covering what is from his navel to the ground.

Declension

Declension of noun تَنُّورَة (tannūra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَنُّورَة tannūra	التَّنُّورَة‎ at-tannūra	تَنُّورَة tannūrat
Nominative	تَنُّورَةٌ tannūratun	التَّنُّورَةُ‎ at-tannūratu	تَنُّورَةُ tannūratu
Accusative	تَنُّورَةً tannūratan	التَّنُّورَةَ‎ at-tannūrata	تَنُّورَةَ tannūrata
Genitive	تَنُّورَةٍ tannūratin	التَّنُّورَةِ‎ at-tannūrati	تَنُّورَةِ tannūrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَنُّورَتَيْن‎ tannūratayn	التَّنُّورَتَيْن‎ at-tannūratayn	تَنُّورَتَيْ‎ tannūratay
Nominative	تَنُّورَتَانِ‎ tannūratāni	التَّنُّورَتَانِ‎ at-tannūratāni	تَنُّورَتَا‎ tannūratā
Accusative	تَنُّورَتَيْنِ‎ tannūratayni	التَّنُّورَتَيْنِ‎ at-tannūratayni	تَنُّورَتَيْ‎ tannūratay
Genitive	تَنُّورَتَيْنِ‎ tannūratayni	التَّنُّورَتَيْنِ‎ at-tannūratayni	تَنُّورَتَيْ‎ tannūratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَنَانِير‎ tanānīr	التَّنَانِير‎ at-tanānīr	تَنَانِير‎ tanānīr
Nominative	تَنَانِيرُ‎ tanānīru	التَّنَانِيرُ‎ at-tanānīru	تَنَانِيرُ‎ tanānīru
Accusative	تَنَانِيرَ‎ tanānīra	التَّنَانِيرَ‎ at-tanānīra	تَنَانِيرَ‎ tanānīra
Genitive	تَنَانِيرَ‎ tanānīra	التَّنَانِيرِ‎ at-tanānīri	تَنَانِيرِ‎ tanānīri

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “تنورة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “تنوره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 331
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “تنورة”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 472a–473a
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “تنورة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 118b
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “تنورة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 145b

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَنُّورَة‎ (tannūra), from Persian تنوره‎ (tanūra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tan.nuː.re/, [tɑnˈnuː.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /tan.nuː.ra/, [tɑnˈnuː.rˤɑ]

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Noun

تنّورة • (tannūra) f (plural تنانير‎ (tanānīr))

1. skirt