naan

See also: nån, na'an, ñaꞌan, and nään

English

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naan

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

nan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nɑːn/, /næn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /nɑn/

Noun

naan (plural naans)

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

Derived terms

Translations

flat bread

Arabic: نَان (ar) m (nān)
Bengali: নান (bn) (nan)
Burmese: နံပြား (my) (nampra:)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 饢／馕 (nong⁴)

Dungan: нон (non)

Mandarin: 饢／馕 (zh) (náng)
Finnish: naan-leipä, naanleipä, naan (fi)
Gujarati: નાન (nān)
Hindi: नान (hi) f (nān)
Japanese: ナン (ja) (nan), ナーン (nān)
Kannada: ನಾನ್ (kn) (nān)
Korean: 난 (ko) (nan)
Malay: roti tempayan, roti nan
Malayalam: നാൻ (nāṉ)
Marathi: नान m (nān)
Odia: ନାନ (or) (nāna)
Pashto: نان (nān)
Persian: نان (fa) (nân)
Portuguese: naan (pt) m
Punjabi: ਨਾਨ m (nān)
Russian: наа́н (ru) m (naán), нан (ru) m (nan), нон (ru) m (non)
Sindhi: نان m (nānu)
Swedish: naanbröd (sv) n
Tajik: нон (tg) (non)
Tamil: நான் (ta) (nāṉ)
Telugu: నాన్ (te) (nān)
Thai: นาน (th) (naan)
Urdu: نان f (nān)
Uyghur: نان (ug) (nan)
Uzbek: non (uz), naan

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Hindi नान (nān), Urdu نان (nān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːn/, [ˈnɑ̝ːn]
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Hyphenation^(key): naan

Noun

naan

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
accusative	gen.	naanin	naanit
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
abessive		naanitta	naaneitta
instructive		—	naanein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of naan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		naanini	naanini
accusative	nom.	naanini	naanini
accusative	gen.	naanini	naanini
genitive		naanini	naanieni
partitive		naaniani	naanejani
inessive		naanissani	naaneissani
elative		naanistani	naaneistani
illative		naaniini	naaneihini
adessive		naanillani	naaneillani
ablative		naaniltani	naaneiltani
allative		naanilleni	naaneilleni
essive		naaninani	naaneinani
translative		naanikseni	naaneikseni
abessive		naanittani	naaneittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	naaneineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		naanisi	naanisi
accusative	nom.	naanisi	naanisi
accusative	gen.	naanisi	naanisi
genitive		naanisi	naaniesi
partitive		naaniasi	naanejasi
inessive		naanissasi	naaneissasi
elative		naanistasi	naaneistasi
illative		naaniisi	naaneihisi
adessive		naanillasi	naaneillasi
ablative		naaniltasi	naaneiltasi
allative		naanillesi	naaneillesi
essive		naaninasi	naaneinasi
translative		naaniksesi	naaneiksesi
abessive		naanittasi	naaneittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	naaneinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		naanimme	naanimme
accusative	nom.	naanimme	naanimme
accusative	gen.	naanimme	naanimme
genitive		naanimme	naaniemme
partitive		naaniamme	naanejamme
inessive		naanissamme	naaneissamme
elative		naanistamme	naaneistamme
illative		naaniimme	naaneihimme
adessive		naanillamme	naaneillamme
ablative		naaniltamme	naaneiltamme
allative		naanillemme	naaneillemme
essive		naaninamme	naaneinamme
translative		naaniksemme	naaneiksemme
abessive		naanittamme	naaneittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	naaneinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		naaninne	naaninne
accusative	nom.	naaninne	naaninne
accusative	gen.	naaninne	naaninne
genitive		naaninne	naanienne
partitive		naanianne	naanejanne
inessive		naanissanne	naaneissanne
elative		naanistanne	naaneistanne
illative		naaniinne	naaneihinne
adessive		naanillanne	naaneillanne
ablative		naaniltanne	naaneiltanne
allative		naanillenne	naaneillenne
essive		naaninanne	naaneinanne
translative		naaniksenne	naaneiksenne
abessive		naanittanne	naaneittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	naaneinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		naaninsa	naaninsa
accusative	nom.	naaninsa	naaninsa
accusative	gen.	naaninsa	naaninsa
genitive		naaninsa	naaniensa
partitive		naaniaan naaniansa	naanejaan naanejansa
inessive		naanissaan naanissansa	naaneissaan naaneissansa
elative		naanistaan naanistansa	naaneistaan naaneistansa
illative		naaniinsa	naaneihinsa
adessive		naanillaan naanillansa	naaneillaan naaneillansa
ablative		naaniltaan naaniltansa	naaneiltaan naaneiltansa
allative		naanilleen naanillensa	naaneilleen naaneillensa
essive		naaninaan naaninansa	naaneinaan naaneinansa
translative		naanikseen naaniksensa	naaneikseen naaneiksensa
abessive		naanittaan naanittansa	naaneittaan naaneittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	naaneineen naaneinensa

Anagrams

Anna, Nana, anna

Marshallese

Alternative forms

nan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

naan

word

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Portuguese

Noun

naan m (uncountable)

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)

no, none

Derived terms

goarnaan

References

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

Wolof

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

naan

to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of naan

	Present	Imperfect	Pluperfect	Future
1st s.	damay naan	dama doon naan	naanoon naa	dinaa naan
2nd s.	dangay naan	danga doon naan	naanoon nga	dinga naan
3rd s.	dafay naan	dafa doon naan	naanoon na	dina naan
1st p.	dañuy naan	dañu doon naan	naanoon nañu	dinañu naan
2nd p.	dangeen naan	dangeen doon naan	naanoon ngeen	dingeen naan
3rd p.	deñuy naan	deñu doon naan	naanoon nañu	dinañu naan
Imperative
singular	naanal!
plural	naanleen!

Related terms

mar