naan

See also: nån and na'an

English

Alternative forms

• nan

Etymology

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

Noun

naan (plural naans)

Naan

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

Translations

flat bread

• Arabic: نَان‎ (ar) m (nān)
• Bengali: নান (nan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 饢 (zh), 馕 (zh) (náng)

• Finnish: naan-leipä, naan (fi)
• Hindi: नान (hi) (nān)
• Japanese: ナン (ja) (nan)
• Korean: 난 (ko) (nan)
• Marathi: नान m (nān)

• Pashto: نان‎ (nān)
• Persian: نان‎ (fa) (nân)
• Portuguese: naan (pt) m
• Russian: наа́н (ru) m (naán), нан (ru) m (nan), нон (ru) m (non)
• Swedish: naanbröd (sv) n
• Tajik: нон (tg) (non)
• Tamil: நான் (ta) (nāṉ)
• Urdu: نان‎ (nān)
• Uyghur: نان‎ (ug) (nan)

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Anna, Nana, anna, na-na, nana

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hindi नान (nān), Urdu نان‎ (nān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːn/, [ˈnɑːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Syllabification: naan

Noun

naan

1. naan (bread)

Usage notes

More often used with leipä as "naan-leipä".

Declension

Inflection of naan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		naan	naanit
genitive		naanin	naanien
partitive		naania	naaneja
illative		naaniin	naaneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		naan	naanit
accusative	nom.	naan	naanit
	gen.	naanin
genitive		naanin	naanien
partitive		naania	naaneja
inessive		naanissa	naaneissa
elative		naanista	naaneista
illative		naaniin	naaneihin
adessive		naanilla	naaneilla
ablative		naanilta	naaneilta
allative		naanille	naaneille
essive		naanina	naaneina
translative		naaniksi	naaneiksi
instructive		—	naanein
abessive		naanitta	naaneitta
comitative		—	naaneineen

Possessive forms of naan (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	naanini	naanimme
2nd person	naanisi	naaninne
3rd person	naaninsa

Anagrams

• Anna, Nana, anna

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Portuguese

Noun

naan m (uncountable)

1. naan (Asian type of flat bread)

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nān. Compare English no/none.

Article

naan m

1. No; not a/an; not any

Derived terms

• goarnaan

See also

• neen