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tandoor

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"Clay cooking oven"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /tænˈdʊə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted adnoortStarts with TEnds with R1 clues
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Definitions

  1. a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan

Word origin

Borrowed 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.

Used in a sentence

  • You can cook naan in a normal oven, but the results will inevitably disappoint; even Indians generally wait to savour them in restaurants, as very few homes are equipped with a tandoor.

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