# naan

Pronunciation: say "NAHN" US /nɑn/, UK /nɑːn/

## Noun

1. A round flatbread of South and Central Asian cooking, traditionally baked in a tandoor.
   - Simple: A soft, flat bread cooked in a clay oven, often eaten with Indian or Central Asian food.
   - _The restaurant serves garlic naan straight from the tandoor._
   - _He bought several naans at the market for the family dinner._

## Origin

The word comes from Hindi and Urdu नान/نان (nān), which came from Classical Persian نان (nān), from Middle Persian nān, meaning "bread" or "food."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/naan (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).