different between chargrilled vs tandoor

English

Alternative forms

• char-grilled, char grilled

Verb

chargrilled

1. simple past tense and past participle of chargrill

Adjective

chargrilled (comparative more chargrilled, superlative most chargrilled)

1. grilled on burning charcoal

English

Etymology

From Hindustani ?????? (tand?r) / ?????? (tand?r), from Persian ????? (tan?r), from Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /tan?r/, “oven”), ultimately from Akkadian ???????? (tin?ru), 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, c.f. also Avestan tanûra and Pahlavi tanûr. Doublet of athanor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæn?d??(?)/, /t??n?d??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

tandoor (plural tandoors)

1. A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.
   • 2001, Martin Hughes, World Food: India (Lonely Planet), page 53

     You can cook naan in a normal oven, but the results will inevitably disappoint; even Indians generally wait to savour them in restaurants, as very few homes are equipped with a tandoor.

Related terms

• tandoori

Translations

Anagrams

• donator, odorant, tornado

Portuguese

Noun

tandoor m (plural tandoors)

1. tandoor (cylindrical clay oven used in Indian cuisine)

Spanish

Noun

tandoor m (plural tandoor)

1. tandoor