The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromنَانِ خَطَائِی“Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todaynankhatai
Borrowed from Hindustani नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)/نان خَطائی (nān xatāī), from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, “Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.