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paan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /pɑːn/
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noun

Meaning 1

A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पान (pān). Possible doublet of fern via Proto-Indo-European *pornóm.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: paan — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Assamese: পাণ (pan) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Bengali: পান (pan) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Burmese: ကွမ်းယာ (kwam:ya) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Chinese: 檳榔 /槟榔 (zh-min-nan) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Chinese Mandarin: 檳榔 /槟榔 (bīngláng) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Czech: betel — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Czech: betelové sousto — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Czech: paan — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Finnish: paan — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • German: Betelbissen — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • German: Betelpriem — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Hindi: पान (pān) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Hindi: बीड़ा (bīṛā) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Indonesian: menginang — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Indonesian: menyiri — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Japanese: 檳榔 (binrō) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Japanese: ビンロウ (binrō) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Kannada: ತಾಂಬೂಲ (tāmbūla) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Khmer: ស្លាថ្មាត់ (slaa thmat) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Khmer: ស្លាជីប (slaa ciip) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Lao: ຫມາກ (māk) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Malay: bersirih — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Malay: menginang — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Malayalam: മുറുക്കാൻ (muṟukkāṉ) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Marathi: विडा (viḍā) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Nepali: पान (pān) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Odia: ଖିଲିପାନ (khilipāna) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Persian: تانبول (tânbul) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Persian: پان (pân) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Portuguese: paan — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Punjabi: ਪਾਨ (pān) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠘ (fan) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Tagalog: nganga — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Tagalog: hitso — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Tagalog: mam-in — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Tamil: தாம்பூலம் (tāmpūlam) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Tamil: வெற்றிலை பாக்கு (veṟṟilai pākku) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Telugu: తాంబూలము (tāmbūlamu) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Thai: หมาก (màak) — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf
  • Vietnamese: trầu — psychoactive preparation of betel leaf