Tandoor

A tandoor (Arabic: تنور‎, Armenian: Թոնիր, Azerbaijani: təndir, Bengali: তন্দূর, Georgian: თონე, Hindi: तन्दूर, Punjabi: ਤੰਦੂਰ, Persian: تنور‎, Turkish: tandır, Urdu: تندور‎) is a cylindrical clay oven used in cooking and baking. The tandoor is used for cooking in Southern, Central and Western Asia, as well as in the Caucasus.