תנור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־י־ר (n-y-r)
8 terms

Loanword from Akkadian 𒅎𒋗𒆸 (tinūrum). Compare also Middle Persian tnwl (tanūr, “oven”). This word has been borrowed into Aramaic as תנורא / ܬܰܢܽܘܪܳܐ (tannūrā) and therethrough spawned Arabic تَنُّور (tannūr).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /taˈnuʁ/

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Noun

תַּנּוּר • (tanúr) m (plural indefinite תַּנּוּרִים, singular construct תַּנּוּר־)

1. stove, oven
2. furnace, kiln
3. heater

References

• H8574 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 26
• “תנור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• תנור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

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