tandoor
A cylindrical clay oven used in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian…A cylindrical clay oven used in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent to make flat bread or to cook meat.
Meaning
1 sensesA cylindrical clay oven used in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent to make flat bread or to cook meat.
танды́рtandýr
a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Hindustani तंदूर (tandūr) / تندور (tandūr), from Classical Persian تنور (tanBorrowed 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". Compare also Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬏𐬭𐬀 (tanūra). Doublet of athanor.
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