1a sort of fire-place—كَانُون
the thing in which bread is baked—كانون
Different from the فُرْن; see the article فرن.
[It is a kind of oven, open at the top, with a fire lighted in the bottom, and the bread, in the form of flat cakes, is generally stuck against the sides. It may be portable, made of baked clay, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, where it is open; and in that case the bread is sometimes stuck on the outside to bake. Or it may be fixed, made of baked clay likewise, or built of bricks. Or it is a hole made in the ground and lined with bricks or tiles or the like, against which the bread is stuck to bake; and sometimes meat, cut into small pieces, is roasted in it, or on it, on skewers.]
According to some, this is the meaning in the Qur'ān 11:42 and 23:27.
The word is said to have the same meaning in every language, but this is not correct: it is an arabicized word, not genuine Arabic (AHát), originally Persian.
Aḥmad Ibn-Yaḥyà says that it is of the measure تَفْعُولٌ, from النَّار, or from النُّور, originally تَنْوُورٌ; but this is wrong.
The plural is تَنَانِيرُ.
Moḥammad is related to have said to a man wearing a garment dyed with bastard-saffron: “If your garment were in the تنّور of your family, or beneath their cooking-pot, it would be better.” The man went away and burned it; but what he meant was: “If you were to spend its price on flour to make bread, or on firewood with which to cook, it would be better for you” — as though he disliked a garment dyed in that way.
Qur’ān 11:40 approximate — somewhere between 11:23 and 11:44 Lane cites “Kur xi. 42”
Qur’ān 11:40 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this word
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌAt length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two, male and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has already gone forth,- and the Believers." but only a few believed with him.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1
The surface of the ground: so in the same passages of the Qur'ān, according to ʿAlee and I'Ab.
1.2
The highest part of the earth, or ground: so in the same passages of the Qur'ān, according to Katádeh.
1.3
Any place from which water pours forth.
1.4
A place where the water of a valley collects.
1.5and daybreak rose, or rises—وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُ
The shining of the dawn: so, according to some, in the same passages of the Qur'ān.
ʿAlee is related to have given this explanation.
Or it relates to the welling forth of water from the place of the mosque of El-Koofeh.
Or التّنّور here means a well-known spring of water (Hr); or a certain mountain near El-Maṣeeṣah (I'Ab), that is, ʿEyn-el-Ward, in El-Jezeereh (I'Ab); or ʿEyn-Wardeh.
Lane cites “Bd in xi. 42” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
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A sort of كَانُون [or fire-place]; (M;) the thing, (S, Msb,) or كانون , (K,) in which bread is baked; (S, Msb, K;) but different from the فُرْن : (S in art. فرن :) [it is a kind of oven, open at the top, in the bottom of which a fire is lighted, and in which the bread, in the form of flat cakes, is generally stuck against the sides; either portable, and made of baked clay, wide at the bottom, and narrow at the top, where it is open; and if so, the bread is sometimes stuck upon the outside, to bake; or fixed, and in this case made of baked clay likewise, or constructed of bricks; or it is a hole made in the ground, and lined with bricks or tiles or the like, against which the bread is stuck, to bake; and sometimes flesh-meat, cut into small pieces, is roasted in it, or upon it, on skewers:] such, accord. to some, is the meaning in the Kur xi. 42 and xxiii. 27; (T;) and the word is said to have the same meaning in every language; (Lth, T, M;) but this is not correct: (Ham p. 793:) it is an arabicized word; (T, M;) not genuine Arabic; (AHát, Msb;) originally Persian: (M:) [in Hebrew :] Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà [i. e. Th, as is stated in Ham, ubi suprà,] says that it is of the measure تَفْعُولٌ from النَّار , (M, and Ham ubi suprà,) or from النُّور ; originally تَنْوُورٌ ; (Ham;) but this is wrong: (M:) the pl. is تَنَانِيرُ . (M, Msb.) Mo- hammad is related to have said to a man wearing a garment dyed with bastard-saffron, “ If thy garment were in the تنّور of thy family, or beneath their cooking-pot, it were better: ” whereupon he went away, and burned it: but he meant, “ Wert thou to spend its price for flour to make bread, or for fire-wood with which to cook, it were better for thee: ” as though he disliked a garment so dyed. (IAth.) The surface of the ground: (T, S, M, K:) so in the Kur ubi suprà, (T, S,) accord. to 'Alee (S) and I'Ab. (TA.) The highest part of the earth or ground: so in the same passages of the Kur accord. to Katádeh. (TA.) Any place from which water pours forth. (M, K.) A place where the water of a valley collects. (M, K.) The shining of the dawn: so accord. to some in the Kur ubi suprà: (T:) and 'Alee is related to have said that وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُ means and daybreak rose or rises: (TA:) or it relates to the welling forth of water from the place of the mosque of El-Koofeh: (T:) or التّنّور here signifies a well-known spring of water: (Hr, TA:) or a certain mountain near El-Maseesah; (I'Ab, K, TA;) i. e., (TA,) 'Eyn-el-Ward, in El-Jezeereh; (I'Ab, T, TA;) or 'Eyn-Wardeh. (Bd in xi. 42.)