תנורא

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tannurɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tannure] (plural)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/), from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru).
Cognate to Classical Syriac ܬܢܘܪܐ (tannūrā), Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tannū́r).

Noun

תַּנּוּרַא • (tannūrā) m (plural תַּנּוּרֵא (tannūrē))

1. oven, furnace

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *tanwār.
Cognate to Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwʾr /⁠tanwār⁠/), Classical Syriac ܬܢܘܪܐ (tannūrā, tanwārā).

Noun

תַּנּוּרַא • (tannūrā) m (plural תַּנּוּרֵא (tannūrē))

1. cuirass, corselet, breastplate
2. helmet

References

• “tnwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “tnwr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 1217
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 51-52 Nr. 135