TANDOORI


Meaning of TANDOORI in English

/ tænˈdʊəri; NAmE -ˈdʊri/ noun

[ U ] (often used as an adjective) a method of cooking meat on a long straight piece of metal (called a spit ) in a clay oven, originally used in S Asia :

tandoori chicken

a tandoori restaurant

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WORD ORIGIN

from Urdu and Persian tandūri , from tandūr , based on Arabic tannūr oven.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.