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Where does “نان” come from?

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

نان (Urdu): naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...

Definitions

  1. naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...

Ancestry of “نان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianنان—
2Middle Persianlhma—
3Proto-Iraniannagna-—
4Proto-Iranianni—
Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →