Where does “Laghman” come from?

Laghman (English) comes from Uyghur لەڭمەن, from Mandarin 拉麵.

Laghman (English): A Central Asian dish of pulled noodles, meat and vegetables

Definitions

  1. A Central Asian dish of pulled noodles, meat and vegetables

Ancestry of “Laghman”, step by step

Laghman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur لەڭمەن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UyghurلەڭمەنLa mian, a type of Chinese noodle made by pulling...
2Mandarin拉麵—

via Persian لغمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianلغمان—
Every word from Mandarin 拉麵 →Every word from Uyghur لەڭمەن →