نان

See also: يان‎ and یان‎

Baluchi

Etymology

From Persian نان‎ (nân); compare the native doublet نگن‎ (nagan).

Noun

نان • (nán)

1. bread

See also

• نگن‎ (nagan)

Central Kurdish

Noun

نان (nan)

1. bread

Chagatai

Etymology

From Persian نان‎ (nân).

Noun

نان (nan) (plural نانلار‎)

1. bread

Laki

Noun

نان (nan)

1. bread

Malay

Noun

نان (plural نان-نان or نان۲‎, informal 1st possessive نانکو‎, 2nd possessive نانمو‎, 3rd possessive نانڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of nana

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نان‎ (nân).

Noun

نان • (nan)

1. bread

   Synonyms: اكمك‎ (ekmek), خبز‎ (hubz)

2. (in general) food
3. (by extension) livelihood

Descendants

• Turkish: nan

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “نان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1267
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “نان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 5119–5120
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “nan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2070

Persian

Alternative forms

• نون‎ (nun) (Tehrani)

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).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [nuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	nān
Dari reading?	nān
Iranian reading?	nân
Tajik reading?	non

• (Madaklashti) IPA^(key): /nuːn/

• Audio (Iran)

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Noun

Dari	نان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нон

نان • (nân) (plural نان‌ها‎ (nân-hâ))

1. bread, including the kind called naan in English and any other kind of bread

   ‏نان بربری‎ ― nân-e barbari ― barbari bread

   ‏نان تافتان‎ ― nân-e tâftân ― taftoon bread

   ‏نان سنگک‎ ― nân-e sangak ― sangak bread

   ‏نان لواش‎ ― nân-e lavâš ― lavash bread

   ‏نان تست‎ ― nân-e tost ― American-style bread for toasting

2. (Dari, colloquial) any food

   Synonyms: (in Dari) غذا‎ (ğizā), خوراک‎ (xōrāk)

Descendants

• → Baluchi: نان‎ (nán) (reborrowing)
• → Bengali: নান (nan)
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: नान (nān)
  • → Urdu: نان‎ (nān)
    • → Burmese: နံပြား (nampra:)
    • → English: naan
    • → Thai: นาน (naan)
• → Kazakh: нан (nan)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نان‎ (nan)
  • Turkish: nan
• → Pashto: نان‎ (nān) (reborrowing)
• → Punjabi: ਨਾਨ (nān)
• → Sindhi: نان‎ (nānu)
• → Uyghur: نان‎ (nan)
  • → Mandarin: 饢／馕, 馕 (náng)
• → Uzbek: non

Punjabi

Etymology

From Classical Persian نان‎ (nān, “bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /näːn/

Noun

نان • (nān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਨ)

1. naan

Declension

Declension of نان
dir. sg.	نان‎ (nān)
dir. pl.	نان‎ (nān)
	singular	plural
direct	نان‎ (nān)	نان‎ (nān)
oblique	نان‎ (nān)	ناناں‎ (nānāṉ)
vocative	نانا‎ (nānā)	نانو‎ (nāno)
ablative	نانوں‎ (nānoṉ)	—
locative	نانے‎ (nāne)	نانِیں‎ (nānīṉ)
instrumental	نانے‎ (nāne)	نانِیں‎ (nānīṉ)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian نان‎ (nān, “bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑːnʊ]

Noun

نان (nānu) m (Devanagari नानु)

1. naan.

References

• “نان”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian نان‎ (nān, “bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

نان • (nān) f (Hindi spelling नान)

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

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian نان‎ (nân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑn/

Noun

نان • (nan) (plural نانلار‎ (nanlar))

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

Synonyms

• ئەتمەك‎ (etmek)

Derived terms

• ئاق نان‎ (aq nan)
• جۆۋەندە نان‎ (jöwende nan)
• زاغرا نان‎ (zaghra nan)
• نان - پان‎ (nan - pan)
• نان ئوشتۇماق‎ (nan oshtumaq)
• نان ئۇرماق‎ (nan urmaq)
• نان ئۇۋىقى‎ (nan uwiqi)
• نان بەرگەن قولنى چىشلىمەك‎ (nan bergen qolni chishlimek)
• نان توغرىماق‎ (nan toghrimaq)
• نان تېپىپ يىمەك‎ (nan tëpip yimek)
• نان تەگمەك‎ (nan tegmek)
• نان جىگدە‎ (nan jigde)
• نان دەسسەپ بەرمەك‎ (nan dessep bermek)
• نان زارلىق تارتماق‎ (nan zarliq tartmaq)
• نان قومۇرماق‎ (nan qomurmaq)
• نان كور‎ (nan kor)
• نانقايناق‎ (nanqaynaq)
• نانقېپى‎ (nanqëpi)
• نېنى يوقنىڭ جېنى يوق‎ (nëni yoqning jëni yoq)
• نېنى پۈتۈن‎ (nëni pütün)
• پۈتۈن نان‎ (pütün nan)

 

Descendants

• → Mandarin: 饢／馕, 馕 (náng)