"نان" meaning in Persian

See نان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [nɑːn] [Dari, formal], [nɑːn] [Dari, formal], [nɑːn] [Kabuli], [nɔːn] (note: Hazaragi), [nɒːn] [Iran, formal], [nɒːn] [Iran, formal], [nuːn] [Tehrani], [nɔn] [Tajik, formal], /nuːn/ (note: Madaklashti) Audio: Fa-نان.ogg Forms: nân [romanization], نانها [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”), Manichaean Parthian ngn (naγn), Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji), Northern Kurdish nan, Zazaki nan, Central Kurdish نان (nan), Northern Luri نۆ (nø), Baluchi نگن (nagan), Pashto نغن (naγan), Laki نان (nan), Natanzi نون (nun), Gurani [script needed] (nāna), [script needed] (nān, “bread, food”), Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu), and possibly the Old Armenian loanword նկան (nkan). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|LHMA||bread, food|tr=nān}} Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”), {{inh|fa|peo|-}} Old Persian, {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*nagna-}} Proto-Iranian *nagna-, {{cog|sog|t=bread|tr=nγn-|ts=naγn}} Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”), {{cog|xpr|ngn|sc=Mani|tr=naγn}} Parthian ngn (naγn), {{cog|kho|tr=nāṃji}} Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji), {{cog|kmr|nan}} Northern Kurdish nan, {{cog|zza|nan}} Zazaki nan, {{cog|ckb|نان}} Central Kurdish نان (nan), {{cog|lrc|نۆ|tr=nø}} Northern Luri نۆ (nø), {{cog|bal|نگن|tr=nagan}} Baluchi نگن (nagan), {{cog|ps|نغن|tr=naγan}} Pashto نغن (naγan), {{cog|lki|نان|tr=nan}} Laki نان (nan), {{cog|ntz|نون|tr=nun}} Natanzi نون (nun), {{cog|hac||tr=nāna}} Gurani [script needed] (nāna), {{cog|sa|नग्नहु}} Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu), {{cog|xcl|-}} Old Armenian Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|نانها|||||f1tr=nân-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=nân|tr2=|tr3=}} نان • (nân) (plural نانها (nân-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=نانها|tr=nân}} نان • (nân) (plural نانها (nân-hâ))
  1. bread, including the kind called naan in English and any other kind of bread
    Sense id: en-نان-fa-noun-qHGO9tV1 Categories (other): Persian terms with collocations
  2. (Dari, colloquial) any food Tags: Dari, colloquial Categories (topical): Breads Synonyms: غذا, خوراک
    Sense id: en-نان-fa-noun-EZ~TJqeg Disambiguation of Breads: 39 61 Categories (other): Dari, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 8 21 3 3 4 26 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 2 2 3 28 46 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: نون (english: nun) [Tehrani]

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bal",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nán"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Baluchi: نان (nán)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reborrowing"
          },
          "expansion": "(reborrowing)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Baluchi: نان (nán) (reborrowing)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "নান",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: নান (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: নান (nan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "नान"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: नान (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: नान (nān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "نان",
            "tr": "nān"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: نان (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: نان (nān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "нан",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: нан (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: нан (nan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: نان (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: نان (nan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "nan"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: nan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: nan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nān"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: نان (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reborrowing"
          },
          "expansion": "(reborrowing)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: نان (nān) (reborrowing)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਨਾਨ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਨਾਨ (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਨਾਨ (nān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nānu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi: نان (nānu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi: نان (nānu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: نان (nan)\n→ Mandarin: 饢/馕 (náng)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: نان (nan)\n→ Mandarin: 饢/馕 (náng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "non",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: non",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: non"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "LHMA",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bread, food",
        "tr": "nān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*nagna-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *nagna-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "t": "bread",
        "tr": "nγn-",
        "ts": "naγn"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpr",
        "2": "ngn",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "tr": "naγn"
      },
      "expansion": "Parthian ngn (naγn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kho",
        "tr": "nāṃji"
      },
      "expansion": "Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "nan"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish nan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "nan"
      },
      "expansion": "Zazaki nan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "نان"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish نان (nan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lrc",
        "2": "نۆ",
        "tr": "nø"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Luri نۆ (nø)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "نگن",
        "tr": "nagan"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi نگن (nagan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "نغن",
        "tr": "naγan"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto نغن (naγan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lki",
        "2": "نان",
        "tr": "nan"
      },
      "expansion": "Laki نان (nan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ntz",
        "2": "نون",
        "tr": "nun"
      },
      "expansion": "Natanzi نون (nun)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hac",
        "2": "",
        "tr": "nāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Gurani [script needed] (nāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "नग्नहु"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-.\nCompare Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”), Manichaean Parthian ngn (naγn), Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji), Northern Kurdish nan, Zazaki nan, Central Kurdish نان (nan), Northern Luri نۆ (nø), Baluchi نگن (nagan), Pashto نغن (naγan), Laki نان (nan), Natanzi نون (nun), Gurani [script needed] (nāna), [script needed] (nān, “bread, food”), Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu), and possibly the Old Armenian loanword նկան (nkan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نانها",
      "roman": "nân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "نانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "nân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "nân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "نان • (nân) (plural نانها (nân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "نانها",
        "tr": "nân"
      },
      "expansion": "نان • (nân) (plural نانها (nân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "barbari bread",
          "roman": "nân-e barbari",
          "text": "نان بربری",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "taftoon bread",
          "roman": "nân-e tâftân",
          "text": "نان تافتان",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "sangak bread",
          "roman": "nân-e sangak",
          "text": "نان سنگک",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lavash bread",
          "roman": "nân-e lavâš",
          "text": "نان لواش",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "American-style bread for toasting",
          "roman": "nân-e tost",
          "text": "نان تست",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The angels were fleeing from him [Adam] as from a devil:\nhow many tears did he shed for the sake of a single loaf!",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 16:",
          "roman": "hamčō dēw az way farišta mē-gurēxt\nbahr-i nān-ē čand āb čašm rēxt",
          "text": "همچو دیو از وی فرشته میگریخت\nبهر نانی چند آب چشم ریخت",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bread, including the kind called naan in English and any other kind of bread"
      ],
      "id": "en-نان-fa-noun-qHGO9tV1",
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "naan",
          "naan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 3 3 4 26 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 14 2 2 3 28 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Breads",
          "orig": "fa:Breads",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any food"
      ],
      "id": "en-نان-fa-noun-EZ~TJqeg",
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari, colloquial) any food"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "غذا"
        },
        {
          "word": "خوراک"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nuːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tehrani"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nuːn/",
      "note": "Madaklashti"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-نان.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Fa-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg/Fa-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Fa-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "nun",
      "tags": [
        "Tehrani"
      ],
      "word": "نون"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian palindromes",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Gurani terms",
    "Requests for native script for Khotanese terms",
    "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
    "fa:Breads"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bal",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nán"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Baluchi: نان (nán)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reborrowing"
          },
          "expansion": "(reborrowing)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Baluchi: نان (nán) (reborrowing)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "নান",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: নান (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: নান (nan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "नान"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: नान (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: नान (nān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "نان",
            "tr": "nān"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: نان (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: نان (nān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "нан",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: нан (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: нан (nan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nan"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: نان (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: نان (nan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "nan"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: nan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: nan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nān"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: نان (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reborrowing"
          },
          "expansion": "(reborrowing)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: نان (nān) (reborrowing)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਨਾਨ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਨਾਨ (nān)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਨਾਨ (nān)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sd",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "nānu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sindhi: نان (nānu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sindhi: نان (nānu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "نان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: نان (nan)\n→ Mandarin: 饢/馕 (náng)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: نان (nan)\n→ Mandarin: 饢/馕 (náng)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "non",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: non",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: non"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "LHMA",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bread, food",
        "tr": "nān"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*nagna-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *nagna-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "t": "bread",
        "tr": "nγn-",
        "ts": "naγn"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xpr",
        "2": "ngn",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "tr": "naγn"
      },
      "expansion": "Parthian ngn (naγn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kho",
        "tr": "nāṃji"
      },
      "expansion": "Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "nan"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish nan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zza",
        "2": "nan"
      },
      "expansion": "Zazaki nan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "نان"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish نان (nan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lrc",
        "2": "نۆ",
        "tr": "nø"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Luri نۆ (nø)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "نگن",
        "tr": "nagan"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi نگن (nagan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "نغن",
        "tr": "naγan"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto نغن (naγan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lki",
        "2": "نان",
        "tr": "nan"
      },
      "expansion": "Laki نان (nan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ntz",
        "2": "نون",
        "tr": "nun"
      },
      "expansion": "Natanzi نون (nun)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hac",
        "2": "",
        "tr": "nāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Gurani [script needed] (nāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "नग्नहु"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-.\nCompare Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”), Manichaean Parthian ngn (naγn), Khotanese [script needed] (nāṃji), Northern Kurdish nan, Zazaki nan, Central Kurdish نان (nan), Northern Luri نۆ (nø), Baluchi نگن (nagan), Pashto نغن (naγan), Laki نان (nan), Natanzi نون (nun), Gurani [script needed] (nāna), [script needed] (nān, “bread, food”), Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu), and possibly the Old Armenian loanword նկան (nkan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "نانها",
      "roman": "nân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "نانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "nân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "nân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "نان • (nân) (plural نانها (nân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "نانها",
        "tr": "nân"
      },
      "expansion": "نان • (nân) (plural نانها (nân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with collocations",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "barbari bread",
          "roman": "nân-e barbari",
          "text": "نان بربری",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "taftoon bread",
          "roman": "nân-e tâftân",
          "text": "نان تافتان",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "sangak bread",
          "roman": "nân-e sangak",
          "text": "نان سنگک",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lavash bread",
          "roman": "nân-e lavâš",
          "text": "نان لواش",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "American-style bread for toasting",
          "roman": "nân-e tost",
          "text": "نان تست",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The angels were fleeing from him [Adam] as from a devil:\nhow many tears did he shed for the sake of a single loaf!",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 16:",
          "roman": "hamčō dēw az way farišta mē-gurēxt\nbahr-i nān-ē čand āb čašm rēxt",
          "text": "همچو دیو از وی فرشته میگریخت\nبهر نانی چند آب چشم ریخت",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bread, including the kind called naan in English and any other kind of bread"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "naan",
          "naan"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any food"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari, colloquial) any food"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "غذا"
        },
        {
          "word": "خوراک"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nuːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tehrani"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nuːn/",
      "note": "Madaklashti"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-نان.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/Fa-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg/Fa-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Fa-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "nun",
      "tags": [
        "Tehrani"
      ],
      "word": "نون"
    }
  ],
  "word": "نان"
}

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