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Originally, naan is a generic term for various flat-breads from different parts of the world.[4] In Turkic languages, such as Uzbek, Kazakh and Uyghur, the flat-breads are known as nan. The name stems from (New) Persian نان, see also below. In Burmese, flat-breads are known as nan bya. In South-Asian languages naan appears as نان (Urdu), ਨਾਨ (Punjabi), नान (Hindi), نان (Persian). It is known to the Chinese as náng (馕). | ![]() |






