tendour

noun

ten·​dour

variants or less commonly tandour or tendoor

(ˈ)ten¦du̇(ə)r,

(ˈ)tan-

plural -s

: a table or seat with a brazier of coals under it that is used for warmth in some countries of southwestern Asia

Word History

Etymology

Turkish tandur, from Arabic tannūr, from Aramaic tannūra, from Akkadian tinūru

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