also: ナーン
naan; nan
Refers to the leavened, oven-baked flatbread from South and Central Asian cuisines, commonly served with curry.
from Hindi
I like to eat naan dipped in curry.
I scooped up the curry with a piece of naan and ate it.
The naan at this restaurant is freshly baked and very delicious.
焼きたてのナンはとても香ばしい。
Freshly baked naan smells wonderfully toasty.
Standard katakana spelling for the Indian flatbread.
Alternate spelling reflecting the long vowel in the Hindi source; less common than ナン.
Borrowed from Hindi/Urdu नान (nān), ultimately from Persian نان (nān, 'bread').