tanur

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic تَنُّور (tannūr), from Aramaic תנורא or Classical Syriac ܬܰܢܽܘܪܳܐ (tannūrā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (tnwl /⁠tanūr⁠/, “oven”) from which also Hebrew תַּנּוּר (tanúr, “oven”), from Akkadian 𒋾𒂟 (tinūru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪anʊr]
• Hyphenation: ta‧nur

Noun

tanur (first-person possessive tanurku, second-person possessive tanurmu, third-person possessive tanurnya)

1. oven, furnace,

   Synonyms: kompor, perapian

2. kiln

   Synonyms: dapur, kiln, tanur, tungku

   Synonym: tanur (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• tanur tinggi
• tanur tiup

 

Further reading

• “tanur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.