nan bread

/ nɑːn /

noun

1. (in Indian cookery) a slightly leavened bread in a large flat leaf shape

Word History and Origins

Origin of nan bread¹

from Hindi

Example Sentences

Clustered around her grandmother’s outdoor oven, the matrons of the family made nan bread and other dishes traditional to their community, the Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic group that called an immense territory of deserts and oases home long before it became the northwestern part of China.

From New York Times

Tables in every home were resplendently laid out with traditional Xinjiang dishes like homemade noodles, freshly butchered lamb and crispy nan bread.

From Washington Times

Tables in every home were resplendently laid out with traditional Xinjiang dishes like homemade noodles, freshly butchered lamb and crispy nan bread.

From Fox News

The first time I ate here, I didn’t order nan bread, thinking I didn’t want to fill up on carbs.

From Washington Times

The general rises every day at 4:30 a.m. to say her prayers; then she sweeps the floors, has a breakfast of nan bread or green tea and gets ready for work.

From Time Magazine Archive