naan

See also: nån, na'an, and ñaꞌan

English
Naan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɑːn/, /næn/
  • Audio (RP)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /nɑn/

Noun

naan (plural naans)

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

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Finnish

Etymology

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

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

Marshallese

Alternative forms
  1. nan

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [nʲɑːnʲ], (enunciated) [nʲɑɑnʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /nʲæɰænʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {nahan}

Noun

naan

  1. word

References

Portuguese

Noun

naan m (uncountable)

  1. naan (Asian type of flat bread)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nān. Compare English none.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naːn/

Determiner

naan (feminine neen, neuter neen, plural neen)

  1. no, none

Derived terms
  • goarnaan

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “naan”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Wolof

Verb

naan

  1. to drink
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