# ܬܢܘܪܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic תַּנּוּרָא (tannūrā), from Akkadian 𒅎𒋗𒆸 (tinūrum), from the same root as the verb 𒈾𒉿𒀀𒀸 (nawārum, “to shine brightly”); compare possibly borrowed through Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/), compare also borrowed into Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tanúr) and Arabic تَنُّور (tannūr).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [tannuːraː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [tanuːra]
* (Tyari) IPA: [ʃnuːraː]

### Noun

ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܐ • (tanūrā) m (plural ܬܲܢܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ (tanūrē))
* tandoor; traditional Mesopotamian cylindrical clay oven used especially to make bread

#### Inflection

Inflection of ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܐ (tanūrā) :
| number | isolated forms | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | with possessive pronouns | with possessive pronouns | with possessive pronouns |
| number | state | form | person | singular | singular | plural |
| number | state | form | person | m | f | plural |
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܝܼ (tanūrī) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܝܼ (tanūrī) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܲܢ (tanūran) |
| singular | construct | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ (tanūr) | 2nd person | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (tanūrūḵ) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (tanūrāḵ) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tanūrāwḵōn) |
| singular | emphatic | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܐ (tanūrā) | 3rd person | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܹܗ (tanūrēh) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܵܗ̇ (tanūrāh) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܗܘܿܢ (tanurhōn) |
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܝܼ (tanūrī) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܝܼ (tanūrī) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܲܢ (tanūran) |
| plural | construct | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܲܝ (tanūray) | 2nd person | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (tanūrūḵ) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (tanūrāḵ) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (tanūrāwḵōn) |
| plural | emphatic | ܬܲܢܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ (tanūrē) | 3rd person | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (tanūrūh) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (tanūrōh) | ܬܲܢܘܼܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ (tanurhōn) |

#### See also

* ܦܘܼܪܢܵܐ (purnā)
* ܟܘܼܪܵܐ (kūrā)
* ܐܲܬܘܼܢܵܐ (atūnā)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/), from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru). Cognate to Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנּוּרַא (tannūrā), Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tannū́r).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tannurɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [tannure] (plural)

#### Noun

ܬܢܘܪܐ • (tannūrā) m (plural ܬܢܘܪܐ (tannūrē))
* tandoor, oven, furnace
    Synonyms: ܐܬܘܢܐ (ʾattūnā), ܟܘܪܐ (kūra)
* candelabrum
* (anatomy) pectoral cavity

##### Inflection

Synonyms

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *tanwār. Cognate to Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwʾr /⁠tanwār⁠/), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנּוּרַא (tannūrā).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tannurɑ], [tanwɑrɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [tannure], [tanwɑre] (plural)

#### Noun

ܬܢܘܪܐ • (tannūrā, tanwārā) m (plural ܬܢܘܪܐ (tannūrē, tanwārē))
* cuirass, corselet, breastplate

##### Inflection
### References

* “tnwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “tnwr$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 394b,
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 616b
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1654b