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Synonyms & antonyms
nounleavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
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Origin
- Middle PersianLHMA“bread, food”
- Classical Persianنان
- Urduنان
- Hindiनान
- Englishnaan
From Hindi नान (nān) / Urdu نان (nān), from Classical Persian نان (nān), from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”).
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Arabic نَان
- نَان (nān)flat bread
Bengali নান
- নান (nan)flat bread
Chinese Cantonese 饢 /馕
- 饢 /馕 (nong⁴)flat bread
Chinese Mandarin 饢 /馕
- 饢 /馕 (náng)flat bread
Dutch naan, naanbrood
- naanflat bread
- naanbroodflat bread
Finnish naan-leipä, naanleipä
- naan-leipäflat bread
- naanleipäflat bread
- naanflat bread
Hindi नान
- नान (nān)flat bread
Indonesian nan
- nanflat bread
Japanese ナン, ナーン
- ナン (nan)flat bread
- ナーン (nān)flat bread
Korean 난
- 난 (nan)flat bread
Malay roti tempayan, roti nan
- roti tempayanflat bread
- roti nanflat bread
Persian نان
- نان (nân)flat bread
Polish naan
- naanflat bread
Portuguese naan
- naanflat bread
Punjabi ਨਾਨ
- ਨਾਨ (nān)flat bread
Russian наа́н, нан
- наа́н (naán)flat bread
- нан (nan)flat bread
- нон (non)flat bread
Swedish naanbröd
- naanbrödflat bread
Tamil நான்
- நான் (nāṉ)flat bread
Thai นาน
- นาน (naan)flat bread
Urdu نان
- نان (nān)flat bread
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with naan
jangonedanIranjeanTaiwanPakistanjuansudanMilanOmanAzerbaijanAvonnirvanaBhutankhanafghanyuankanRajasthanMcMahonshamanAmmanHunan
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Cite this entry
APA
naan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naan
MLA
“naan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naan.
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