תנור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־י־ר‎ (n-y-r)

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

Noun

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

stove, oven
furnace, kiln
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

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