নান

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Bengali

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এক নান (one naan)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نان (nān), which is from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, bread, food), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-. Cognate with Sanskrit नग्नहु (nagnahu).

Noun

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নান (nan) (objective নান (nan) or নানকে (nanoke), genitive নানের (naner), locative নানে (nane) or নানেতে (nanete))

  1. naan (a type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine)
    Synonyms: রুটি (ruṭi), নান-রুটি (nan-ruṭi)

Derived terms

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