Tandoor definition

tän-do͝or

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A cylindrical oven made of clay, heated over charcoal or wood, and used in South Asia and Central Asia for baking bread and roasting meat.

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An oven, originally in India, made of clay and capable of high temperatures, for fast cooking or baking.

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A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.

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tandoor

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tandoors

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.

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