different between mandoor vs tandoor

English

Noun

mandoor (plural mandoors)

1. (historical) A native Javanese overseer or foreman.

Anagrams

• doorman, madrono, madroño

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