tandoor

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.

• IPA^(key): /tænˈdʊə(ɹ)/, /tɑːnˈdʊə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

tandoor (plural tandoors)

1. 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.

• tandoori

• donator, odorant, tornado

tandoor m (plural tandoors)

1. tandoor (cylindrical clay oven used in Indian cuisine)

• IPA^(key): /tanˈduɾ/ [t̪ãn̪ˈd̪uɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: tan‧door

tandoor m (plural tandoor)

1. tandoor