[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/naan/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) / naan

# naan

noun (a naan, naans; also nan, naan bread)

«naan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Naan is a soft, flat bread, often shaped like a teardrop, baked in a hot oven, eaten with curry in Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#m1)

### In the lessons

In food and culture lessons: foods from around the world. In everyday life (UK, Ireland, Australia): ordering naan with a takeaway curry; garlic naan, peshwari naan.

### Examples

- I dipped my naan in the curry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#x1)
- We ordered two garlic naans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#x2)
- Naan is baked inside a hot clay oven called a tandoor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#x3)
- Dad made pizza on naan bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#x4)
- The naan was warm and buttery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#x5)
- Would you like rice or naan with your meal? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/#x6)

### Note

Also spelled «nan». Trap: «nan» or «nana» is also an informal UK word for grandmother; context tells you which. Countable (two naans) or uncountable (some naan).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «naan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«naan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/naan.html) on Mova free.