noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/nɑːn/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/nɑn/
General-American, uncommon:/næn/
homophone: non- (one pronunciation)
rhymes with -ɑːn
CMU ARPABET:N AA1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bread, breadstuff, staff of life
History
Etymology
From Hindi नान (nān) / Urdu نان (nān), from Classical Persian نان (nān), from Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread, food”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
