Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Borrowed from Hindustani तन्दूरी (tandūrī) / تندوری (tandūrī), from Classical Persian تنوری (tanūrī).
Borrowed from Hindustani तन्दूरी (tandūrī) / تندوری (tandūrī), from Classical Persian تنوری (tanūrī).
Call me when you get in and invite me out for a tandoori — Oh, and by the way, Jude e-mailed to say she's still having a ball with Marcus and everything's as sweet as a nut.2004 10, Terence Strong, Cold Monday, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 135:
Having a relaxing stress-free pint with my fiancée, going for a tandoori afterwards and hoping that she'll come back to my place for B and B, or who knows, maybe even invite me to hers.'2010 January 7, Quintin Jardine, Gallery Whispers (Bob Skinner series, Book 9): A gritty Edinburgh crime thriller, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 64:
'Let's go down the Shahbag for a tandoori!'2013 February 4, Jacky Hyams, White Boots & Miniskirts - A True Story of Life in the Swinging Sixties: The follow up to Bombsites and Lollipops, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN:
Now, of course, there is a tandoori in every high street (and a balti and a Thai takeaway as well); proving, if proof were needed, that people's tastes even in conservative Britain are nothing like so conservative as is often supposed.2004 August 26, Colin Tudge, So Shall We Reap: What's Gone Wrong with the World's Food - and How to Fix it, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
He's done those lads at a tandoori when they started giving him grief.1991 03, Punch:
A sandwich at three, and dinner out at a tandoori this evening.2014 September 11, Stanley Middleton, An After-Dinner’s Sleep, Random House, →ISBN:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tandooris | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
bn তন্দুরি (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · ur تندوری (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · hi तंदूरी (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · pa ਤੰਦੂਰੀ (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · ms tanduri (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · pl potrawa przyrządzana w tandoorze (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · hi तन्दूरी (dish that was cooked in a tandoor) · fa تنوری (dish that was cooked in a tandoor)