oven tanur (#) Fr.: four An enclosed heated compartment or receptacle for cooking and heating food. Etymology (EN): From M.E. oven, from O.E. ofen “furnace, oven;” cf. Du. oven, O.H.G. ovan, Ger. Ofen, O.Norse ofn, O.Swed. oghn, Gothic auhns. Etymology (PE): Mid.Pers. tanur, variant tandur, Mid.Pers. tanur, Sogd. tanur “furnace, oven;” Av. tanūra- |