Tandoor Definition

tän-do͝or
tandoori, tandoors
noun
An oven, originally in India, made of clay and capable of high temperatures, for fast cooking or baking.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tandoor

Noun

Singular:
tandoor
Plural:
tandoors

Origin of Tandoor

  • Hindi Urdu tandūr from Persian tanūr, tundūr oven from Middle Persian tanūr from Old Iranian tanūra- Aramaic tannūrā Akkadian tinūru and Sumerian duruna all probably from a substrate source in southwest Asia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hindustani तन्दूर (tandÅ«r) / تندور (tandÅ«r), from Persian تنور (tanur), from Middle Persian tnwl (tanÅ«r, “oven"), ultimately from Akkadian [script?] (tinÅ«ru)[script?], all meaning oven.

    From Wiktionary

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