tandoor
[ tahn-doo r ]
/ tɑnˈdʊər /
noun, plural tan·doors, tan·door·i [tahn-doo r-ee] /tɑnˈdʊər i/. Indian Cookery.
a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
Nearby words
- tandem bicycle,
- tandem roller,
- tandem trailer,
- tandem-compound,
- tandjungpriok,
- tandoori,
- tane,
- tanen taunggyi,
- taney,
- taney, roger brooke
Origin of tandoor
1655–65; < Hindi, Urdu tandūr < Persian tanūr
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tandoor
1660s, from Turkish pronunciation of Persian and Arabic tannur "oven, portable furnace" (see tandoori).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper