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

Alternative forms

• نیان (niyan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːn/

Verb

نان (nan) (present stem نێ- (nê-))

1. (transitive) to put

Conjugation

Conjugation

infinitive	نان nan	past stem	نا na	present stem	نێ nê
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	من	تۆ	ئەو	ئێمە	ئێوە	ئەوان
simple past	نام nam	نات nat	نای nay	نامان naman	ناتان natan	نایان nayan
present	دەنێم denêm	دەنێیت denêyt	دەنێت denêt	دەنێین denêyn	دەنێن denên
past imperfect (habitual, progressive)	دەمنا demna	دەتنا detna	دەینا deyna	دەماننا demanna	دەتاننا detanna	دەیاننا deyanna
past progressive	خەریک بووم دەمنا xerîk bûm demna	خەریک بووی دەتنا xerîk bûy detna	خەریک بوو دەینا xerîk bû deyna	خەریک بووین دەماننا xerîk bûyn demanna	خەریک بوون دەتاننا xerîk bûn detanna	خەریک بوون دەیاننا xerîk bûn deyanna
present progressive	خەریکِم دەنێم xerîkim denêm	خەریکی دەنێیت xerîkî denêyt	خەریکە دەنێت xerîke denêt	خەریکین دەنێین xerîkîn denêyn	خەریکِن دەنێن xerîkin denên
past perfect	نابووم nabûm	نابووت nabût	نابووی nabûy	نابوومان nabûman	نابووتان nabûtan	نابوویان nabûyan
present perfect	ناومە nawme	ناوتە nawte	ناویە nawye	ناومانە nawmane	ناوتانە nawtane	ناویانە nawyane
subjunctive	من	تۆ	ئەو	ئێمە	ئێوە	ئەوان
past	نابێتِم nabêtim	نابێتِت nabêtit	نابێتی nabêtî	نابێتمان nabêtman	نابێتتان nabêttan	نابێتیان nabêtyan
present	بِنێم binêm	بِنێیت binêyt	بِنێت binêt	بِنێین binêyn	بِنێن binên
imperative	—	تۆ	—	ئێمە	ئێوە	—
		بِنێە binêe		بِنێین binêyn	بِنێن binên

Noun

نان (nan)

1. bread

Chagatai

Etymology

From Persian نان (nân).

Noun

نان (nān) (plural نانلار)

1. bread

Descendants

• Uyghur: نان (nan)
• Uzbek: non

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^[1], 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^[2], Vienna, columns 5119–5120
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], 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- (“naked bread (bread that was baked without ash)”) (antonym: *nikāna- "buried bread (bread that was baked in ash)".

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

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 16:

     همچو دیو از وی فرشته میگریخت
     بهر نانی چند آب چشم ریخت

     hamčō dēw az way farišta mē-gurēxt
     bahr-i nān-ē čand āb čašm rēxt

     The angels were fleeing from him [Adam] as from a devil:
     how many tears did he shed for the sake of a single loaf!

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 (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)	ناناں (nānāṉ)
locative	نانے (nāne)	نانِیں (nānīṉ)
instrumental	نانوں (nānoṉ)	–

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, 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 (náng)