تنورة

See also: تنوره

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian (tanura, “cuirass, corselet; a part of dress worn by dervishes from their middle”), compare also Aramaic תַּנּוּרַא / ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܐ (tannūrā, “cuirass, corselet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tan.nuː.ra/
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Noun

تَنُّورَة • (tannūra) f (plural تَنَانِير (tanānīr))

skirt, kilt, loincloth
- 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎, volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 23, line 7:
  حكاية هذا الشيخ وكان من أولياء اللّه تعالى قائمًا على قَدَم التجرُّد يلبس تنّورة وهو ثوب يستر من سرّته إلى أسفل
  The story of that man is that he was one of the holier-than-thou and rose onto his foot in a state of undress, vested with but a loincloth, it being a weed covering what is from his navel to the ground.

Declension

Declension of noun تَنُّورَة (tannūra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَنُّورَة tannūra	التَّنُّورَة at-tannūra	تَنُّورَة tannūrat
Nominative	تَنُّورَةٌ tannūratun	التَّنُّورَةُ at-tannūratu	تَنُّورَةُ tannūratu
Accusative	تَنُّورَةً tannūratan	التَّنُّورَةَ at-tannūrata	تَنُّورَةَ tannūrata
Genitive	تَنُّورَةٍ tannūratin	التَّنُّورَةِ at-tannūrati	تَنُّورَةِ tannūrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَنُّورَتَيْن tannūratayn	التَّنُّورَتَيْن at-tannūratayn	تَنُّورَتَيْ tannūratay
Nominative	تَنُّورَتَانِ tannūratāni	التَّنُّورَتَانِ at-tannūratāni	تَنُّورَتَا tannūratā
Accusative	تَنُّورَتَيْنِ tannūratayni	التَّنُّورَتَيْنِ at-tannūratayni	تَنُّورَتَيْ tannūratay
Genitive	تَنُّورَتَيْنِ tannūratayni	التَّنُّورَتَيْنِ at-tannūratayni	تَنُّورَتَيْ tannūratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَنَانِير tanānīr	التَّنَانِير at-tanānīr	تَنَانِير tanānīr
Nominative	تَنَانِيرُ tanānīru	التَّنَانِيرُ at-tanānīru	تَنَانِيرُ tanānīru
Accusative	تَنَانِيرَ tanānīra	التَّنَانِيرَ at-tanānīra	تَنَانِيرَ tanānīra
Genitive	تَنَانِيرَ tanānīra	التَّنَانِيرِ at-tanānīri	تَنَانِيرِ tanānīri

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “تنورة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153a
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “تنوره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 331
Vullers, Johann August (1855) “تنورة”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 472a–473a
Wehr, Hans (1979) “تنورة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 118b
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “تنورة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 145b