naan

naan
naan [nän, nan]
n.
alt. sp. of NAN

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naan or nan (nän, năn) n.
A flat, leavened bread of northwest India, made of white flour and baked in a tandoor.
  [Hindi nān, bread, from Farsi, ultimately from Old Persian *nagna, naked, bare (probably from being baked uncovered in an oven rather than covered in ash). See nogʷ-.

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