نان

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See also: يان, and یان

Baluchi

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Etymology

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From Persian نان (nân); compare the native doublet نگن (nagan).

Noun

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نان (nán)

  1. bread

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Central Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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نان (nan) (present stem نێ- (nê-))

  1. (transitive) to put

Conjugation

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Noun

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نان (nan)

  1. bread

Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Persian نان (nân).

Noun

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نان (nān) (plural نانلار)

  1. bread

Descendants

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  • Uyghur: نان (nan)
  • Uzbek: non

Laki

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Noun

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نان (nan)

  1. bread

Malay

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Noun

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نان (plural نان-نان or نان۲, informal 1st possessive نانکو, 2nd possessive نانمو, 3rd possessive نانڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of nana

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian نان (nân).

Noun

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نان (nan)

  1. bread
    Synonyms: اكمك (ekmek), خبز (hubz)
  2. (in general) food
  3. (by extension) livelihood

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Further reading

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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 (), Baluchi نگن (nagan), Pashto نغن (naγan), Laki نان (nan), Natanzi نون (nun), Gurani [script needed] (nāna), [script needed] (nān, bread, food), Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu), and possibly the Old Armenian loanword նկան (nkan).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nān
Dari reading? nān
Iranian reading? nân
Tajik reading? non
  • (Madaklashti) IPA(key): /nuːn/
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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Dari نان
Iranian Persian
Tajik нон

نان (nân) (plural نان‌ها (nân-hâ))

  1. bread, including the kind called naan in English and any other kind of bread
    نان بربریnân-e barbaribarbari bread
    نان تافتانnân-e tâftântaftoon bread
    نان سنگکnân-e sangaksangak bread
    نان لواشnân-e lavâšlavash bread
    نان تستnân-e tostAmerican-style bread for toasting
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 16:
      همچو دیو از وی فرشته میگریخت
      بهر نانی چند آب چشم ریخت
      hamčō dēw az way farišta mē-gurēxt
      bahr-i nān-ē čand āb čašm rēxt
      The angels were fleeing from him [Adam] as from a devil:
      how many tears did he shed for the sake of a single loaf!
  2. (Dari, colloquial) any food
    Synonyms: (in Dari) غذا (ğizā), خوراک (xōrāk)

Descendants

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian نان (nān, bread).

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Noun

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نان (nānm (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਨ)

  1. naan

Declension

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Declension of نان
dir. sg. نان (nān)
dir. pl. نان (nān)
singular plural
direct نان (nān) نان (nān)
oblique نان (nān) ناناں (nānāṉ)
vocative نانا (nānā) نانو (nāno)
ablative نانوں (nānoṉ) ناناں (nānāṉ)
locative نانے (nāne) نانِیں (nānīṉ)
instrumental نانوں (nānoṉ)

Sindhi

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian نان (nān, bread).

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Noun

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نان (nānum (Devanagari नानु)

  1. naan.

References

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  • نان”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian نان (nān, bread).

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Noun

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نان (nānf (Hindi spelling नान)

  1. naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Persian نان (nân).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نان (nan) (plural نانلار (nanlar))

  1. naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Mandarin: (náng)