নান

Bengali
এক নান (one naan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نان‎, which is from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /naγn/, “bread”), Manichaean Parthian ngn‎ (naγn), Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji), Northern Kurdish nan, Zazaki nan, Central Kurdish نان‎ (nan), Northern Luri نۆ‎ (nø), Baluchi نگن‎ (nagan), Pashto نغن‎ (naγan), Laki نان‎ (nan), Natanzi نون‎ (nun), Gurani [script needed] (nāna), Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu), and possibly the Old Armenian loanword նկան (nkan).

Noun

নান • (nan) (objective নান (nan) or নানকে (nanoke), genitive নানের (naner), locative নানে (nane) or নানেতে (nanete))

  1. naan (a type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine)
    Synonyms: রুটি (ruṭi), নান-রুটি (nan-ruṭi)

Derived terms
  • নানকার (nanokar)
  • নানখাতাই (nankhatai)
  • নানবাই (nanbai)
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