TANDOOR Meaning of TANDOOR in English [ 'tandʊə , -dɔ: , tan'dʊə ]■ noun a clay oven of a type used originally in northern India and Pakistan.Originfrom Urdu tandūr , from Pers. tanūr , based on Arab. tannūr 'oven'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004