Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• nʾn' ‎(nān)

Noun

LHMA • ‎(nān [LHMA])

1. bread
2. food

Descendants

• Manichaean Middle Persian: nʾn ‎(nān)
• Persian: نان ‎(nān)
  • Tajik: нон ‎(non)
  • → Bengali: নান ‎(nan)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: नान ‎(nān)

    Urdu: نان ‎(nān)

    • → English: naan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نان ‎(nān)
  • → Pashto: نان ‎(nān)
  • → Uyghur: نان ‎(nan)
    • → Chinese: 饢, 馕 ‎(náng)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Bailey, H. W. (1979), “nāṃji”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 179b
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 6