تنور

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Mediopassive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara, to light), from the root ن و ر (n-w-r).

Pronunciation

Verb

تَنَوَّرَ (tanawwara) V, non-past يَتَنَوَّرُ‎ (yatanawwaru)

  1. to be lit, to be illuminated
  2. to receive enlightenment, to be enlightened
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

تَنَوُّر (tanawwurm

  1. verbal noun of تَنَوَّرَ (tanawwara) (form V)
  2. illumination, enlightenment
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic תנורא or Classical Syriac ܬܰܢܽܘܪܳܐ (tannūrā), from Middle Persian (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/, oven) from which also Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tanúr, oven), from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَنُّور (tannūrm (plural تَنَانِير (tanānīr))

  1. tandoor
  2. oven, furnace, kiln
  3. cook stove
Declension
Descendants
  • Catalan: atanor
  • English: athanor
  • French: athanor
  • Italian: atanor
  • Sicilian: tannura
  • Serbo-Croatian: tanjir
  • Spanish: atanor
  • Swahili: tanuri
References

Etymology 4

Verb

تُنَوِّرُ (tunawwiru) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)

Verb

تُنَوِّرَ (tunawwira) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)

Verb

تُنَوِّرْ (tunawwir) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)

Verb

تُنَوَّرُ (tunawwaru) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)

Verb

تُنَوَّرَ (tunawwara) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)

Verb

تُنَوَّرْ (tunawwar) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)

Khalaj

Noun

تَُنّور (tunnûr) (definite accusative تَُنّوروُ, plural تَُنّورلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of tunnûr (backing oven)

Declension

Pashto

Etymology

Compare Middle Persian 𐫤𐫗𐫇𐫡 (tnwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, oven), Sogdian (tnʾwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, furnace, oven).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ənur/
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Noun

تنور (tənúrm

  1. oven

Declension

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (tnwl), 𐫤𐫗𐫇𐫡 (tnwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, oven). Compare Sogdian (tnʾwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, furnace, oven). Ultimately from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tan(n)ūr
Dari reading? tan(n)ūr
Iranian reading? tan(n)ur
Tajik reading? tan(n)ur

Noun

تنور (tannur)

  1. tandoor
  2. oven
  3. furnace
  4. kiln

Descendants

Urdu

Noun

تنور (tanūrm (Hindi spelling तनूर)

  1. Alternative form of تندور (tandūr)