Nan

/næn/ noun

Definition

informal term for grandmother; also a type of flatbread

Etymology

grandmother sense from child's pronunciation; bread from Persian/Urdu nan meaning bread

Kelly Says

Nan can be your grandma or your bread - the grandmother meaning comes from baby talk, while naan bread comes from Persian!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ናን
ARالعربية
نان
BNবাংলা
নান
CACatalà
naan
CSČeština
naan
DADansk
naan
DEDeutsch
Naan
ELΕλληνικά
naan
ESEspañol
pan plano
FAفارسی
نان
FISuomi
naan
FRFrançais
nan
GUGU
નાન
HAHA
nan
HEעברית
נאן
HIहिन्दी
नान
HUMagyar
naan
IDBahasa Indonesia
naan
IGIG
achịcha
ITItaliano
naan
JA日本語
ナン
KKKK
нан
KMKM
នាន
KO한국어
MRMR
नान
MSBahasa Melayu
naan
MYမြန်မာ
နံ
NLNederlands
naan
NONorsk
naan
PAPA
ਨਾਨ
PLPolski
naan
PTPortuguês
pão naan
RORomână
naan
RUРусский
наан
SVSvenska
naan
SWKiswahili
nan
TAதமிழ்
நான்
TEతెలుగు
నాన్
THไทย
นาน
TLTL
naan
TRTürkçe
naan
UKУкраїнська
наан
URاردو
نان
VITiếng Việt
bánh naan
YOYO
obe
ZH中文
ZUZU
isinkwa

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