Persian edit

Etymology edit

Coined more than 300 years ago by a family in the central part of Iran. The word “Nankali” is derived from a combination of two words, نان (nân, bread) and کلی (kali, immense).[1] Nankali as a word means breadwinner, the member of a household who earns all or most of the income.

Proper noun edit

نانکلی (nânkali)

  1. a surname

References edit

  1. ^ Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1955), The Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran University Press