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Translingual

Han character

(radical 184 +22, 31 strokes, cangjie input 人戈十月女 (OIJBV), composition)

  1. bread (Persian naan)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1427, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44488
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4479, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+9962

Chinese

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Etymology 1

Borrowing from Uyghur نان (nan), from Persian نان (nân). Cognate with Hindi नान (nān) and English naan.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. naan
Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Verb

  1. to stuff one's face; to cram food into one's mouth

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