ܬܢܘܪܐ

Inherited from Aramaic תַּנּוּרָא (tannūrā), from Akkadian 𒅎𒋗𒆸 (tinūrum), from the same root as the verb 𒈾𒉿𒀀𒀸 (nawārum, “to shine brightly”); compare possibly borrowed through Middle Persian (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/), compare also borrowed into Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tanúr) and Arabic تَنُّور (tannūr).

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ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܐ • (tanūrā) m (plural ܬܲܢܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ (tanūrē))

1. tandoor; traditional Mesopotamian cylindrical clay oven used especially to make bread

• ܦܘܼܪܢܵܐ (purnā)
• ܟܘܼܪܵܐ (kūrā)
• ܐܲܬܘܼܢܵܐ (atūnā)

From Middle Persian (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/), from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru).
Cognate to Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנּוּרַא (tannūrā), Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tannū́r).

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ܬܢܘܪܐ • (tannūrā) m (plural ܬܢܘܪܐ (tannūrē))

1. tandoor, oven, furnace

   Synonyms: ܐܬܘܢܐ (ʾattūnā), ܟܘܪܐ (kūra)

2. candelabrum
3. (anatomy) pectoral cavity

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From Middle Persian *tanwār.
Cognate to Manichaean Middle Persian (tnwʾr /⁠tanwār⁠/), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנּוּרַא (tannūrā).

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ܬܢܘܪܐ • (tannūrā, tanwārā) m (plural ܬܢܘܪܐ (tannūrē, tanwārē))

1. cuirass, corselet, breastplate

• “tnwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “tnwr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 394b,
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 616b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1654b