Meanings
nounnankhatai (plural nankhatais)
plural nankhatais · alternative archaic nuncatie
- Shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent.
Origin
- Classical Persianنَانِ خَطَائِی“Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”
- Hindustani
- Englishnankhatai
Borrowed from Hindustani नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)/نان خَطائی (nān xatāī), from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, “Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”).
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Bengali নানখাতাই
- নানখাতাই (nankhatai)shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent
Hindi नानख़टाई
- नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent
Urdu نان خَطائی
- نان خَطائی (nān xatāī)shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent
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