"naan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɑːn/ [UK], /næn/ [UK], /nɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-naan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: naans [plural]
Etymology: From Hindi नान (nān) / Urdu نان (nān), from Classical Persian نان (nān), from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|नान}} Hindi नान (nān), {{bor|en|ur|نان|tr=nān}} Urdu نان (nān), {{der|en|fa-cls|نان|tr=nān}} Classical Persian نان (nān), {{der|en|pal|LHMA||bread, food|tr=nān}} Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} naan (plural naans)
  1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. Wikipedia link: naan Categories (topical): Breads Synonyms: nan Derived forms: Peshwari naan, pizza naan Translations (flat bread): نَان (nān) [masculine] (Arabic), নান (nan) (Bengali), နံပြား (nampra:) (Burmese), нон (non) [Dungan] (Chinese), (Chinese Mandarin), (náng) (Chinese Mandarin), naan-leipä (Finnish), naanleipä (Finnish), naan (Finnish), નાન (nān) (Gujarati), नान (nān) [feminine] (Hindi), ナン (nan) (Japanese), ನಾನ್ (nān) (Kannada), (nan) (Korean), roti tempayan (Malay), roti nan (Malay), നാൻ (nāṉ) (Malayalam), नान (nān) [masculine] (Marathi), ନାନ (nanô) (Odia), نان (nān) (Pashto), نان (nân) (Persian), naan [masculine] (Portuguese), ਨਾਨ (nān) [masculine] (Punjabi), наа́н (naán) [masculine] (Russian), нан (nan) [masculine] (Russian), нон (non) [masculine] (Russian), نان (nānu) [masculine] (Sindhi), naanbröd [neuter] (Swedish), нон (non) (Tajik), நான் (nāṉ) (Tamil), నాన్ (nān) (Telugu), นาน (naan) (Thai), نان (nān) [feminine] (Urdu), نان (nan) (Uyghur), non (Uzbek), naan (Uzbek)

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      "sense": "flat bread",
      "word": "naan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "naan"
}

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