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naan.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɑːn/Received-Pronunciation/nɑn/General-American/næn/General-American, uncommon
  1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

Where this word comes from

From Hindi नान (nān) / Urdu نان (nān), from Classical Persian نان (nān), from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”).

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