তন্দুর

See also: তন্দুরস্ত

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • তন্দূর (tôndūr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تنور‎ (tanūr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /tanūr/, “oven”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru), all meaning (clay) oven. According to the Dehkhoda Dictionary, the Akkadian word consists of the parts tin meaning "mud" and nuro/nura meaning "fire" and is mentioned as early as in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, cf. also Avestan tanûra and Pahlavi tanûr. Cognate with Swahili tanuri.

Noun

তন্দুর • (tondur) (objective তন্দুর (tondur) or তন্দুরকে (tonduroke), genitive তন্দুরের (tondurer), locative তন্দুরে (tondure) or তন্দুরেতে (tondurete))

  1. tandoor or athanor; a cylindrical clay oven used in the Bengali cuisine to make flat bread, or to cook meat.
    তন্দুরে পাকায় রুটি নূহুর ঘরণী
    tôndure pakaẏ ruṭi nūhur ghôrôṇī
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    - Heyat Mahmud
    Synonyms: চুলা (cula), উনান (unan), আখা (akha)

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