نان خطائی

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ezafe of نان (nân, bread) +‎ خطائی (xatâ'i, Cathayan), literally Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay.[1]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nān-i xatā'ī
Dari reading? nān-i xatā'ī
Iranian reading? nân-e xatâ'i
Tajik reading? non-i xatoʾi

Noun

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Dari نان خطائی
Iranian Persian
Tajik нони хатоӣ

نان خطائی (nân-e xatâ'i)

  1. nankhatai
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see نان,‎ خطائی.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Indian Antiquary[1], volume 60, 1931, page 213:
    The derivation from ‘K̲h̲aṭâî,’ of Cathay or China is correct. […] Recipes for making ‘Nuncaties’ are given in many Indian cookery books, but there is no special mention in any of them of Mr. Weir’s six ingredients; and ‘leaven produced from toddy’ does not, so far as I know, enter into the composition of these cakes at all.

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay).[1]

Noun

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نان خَطائی (nān xat̤ā'ī?

  1. nankhatai

References

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  1. ^ Indian Antiquary[2], volume 60, 1931, page 213:
    The derivation from ‘K̲h̲aṭâî,’ of Cathay or China is correct. […] Recipes for making ‘Nuncaties’ are given in many Indian cookery books, but there is no special mention in any of them of Mr. Weir’s six ingredients; and ‘leaven produced from toddy’ does not, so far as I know, enter into the composition of these cakes at all.

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نان خَطائی (nān xatāī? (Hindi spelling नानख़टाई)

  1. nankhatai

References

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  1. ^ Indian Antiquary[3], volume 60, 1931, page 213:
    The derivation from ‘K̲h̲aṭâî,’ of Cathay or China is correct. […] Recipes for making ‘Nuncaties’ are given in many Indian cookery books, but there is no special mention in any of them of Mr. Weir’s six ingredients; and ‘leaven produced from toddy’ does not, so far as I know, enter into the composition of these cakes at all.