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Etymology 1 edit

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

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

  1. to be lit, to be illuminated
  2. to receive enlightenment, to be enlightened
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Etymology 2 edit

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تَنَوُّر (tanawwurm

  1. verbal noun of تَنَوَّرَ (tanawwara) (form V)
  2. illumination, enlightenment
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Etymology 3 edit

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

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تَنُّور (tannūrm (plural تَنَانِير (tanānīr))

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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

  1. Arabic spelling of tunnûr (backing oven)

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Compare Middle Persian 𐫤𐫗𐫇𐫡 (tnwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, oven), Sogdian [script needed] (tnʾwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, furnace, oven).

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  • IPA(key): /t̪ənur/
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تنور (tənúrm

  1. oven

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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tnwl), 𐫤𐫗𐫇𐫡 (tnwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, oven). Compare Sogdian [script needed] (tnʾwr /⁠tanūr⁠/, furnace, oven). Ultimately from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru).

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

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تنور (tannur)

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

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تنور (tanūrm (Hindi spelling तनूर)

  1. Alternative form of تندور (tandūr)