variants or less commonly nan
: a round flat leavened bread especially of the Indian subcontinent

Examples of naan in a Sentence

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Serve and Garnish: Garnish with fresh cilantro and serve over steamed rice, with naan, or alongside a fresh salad. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024 The $48 offering also includes tikka masala, aloo jeera, green bean poriyal, cranberry chutney, rice and chestnut naan. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 1 Nov. 2024 Lean into the culturally specific flavors of this comforting dish by serving it with naan. Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 Indian Curry Bowls Indian Curry Bowls is a new restaurant in Goodyear that offers recipes from North and South India, with items such as masalas, biryanis, curry, dosas, naan and a few Indo-Chinese dishes. Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for naan 

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu & Persian; Hindi & Urdu nān bread, from Persian

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of naan was in 1828

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“Naan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naan. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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