Where does “tànjūr” come from?
tànjūr (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish تنور, from Arabic تَنُّور, from Classical Syriac ܬܢܘܪܐ, from Aramaic תנורא, from Middle Persian tnwl, from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟.
Ancestry of “tànjūr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | تنور | — |
| 2 | Arabic | تَنُّور | — |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܬܢܘܪܐ | tandoor, oven, furnace; candelabrum; pectoral... |
| 4 | Aramaic | תנורא | oven, furnace; cuirass, corselet, breastplate;... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | tnwl | oven |
| 6 | Akkadian | 𒋾𒂟 | — |
Words derived from “tànjūr”