Where does “નાન” come from?

નાન (Gujarati) comes from Classical Persian نان, from Middle Persian lhma, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

નાન (Gujarati): naan a type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine

Definitions

  1. naan a type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine

Ancestry of “નાન”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianنان—
2Middle Persianlhmabread
3Proto-Iraniannagna-—
4Proto-Iranianni—
Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →Every word from Proto-Iranian nagna- →Every word from Middle Persian lhma →