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NAHN/nɑːn/

Naan is a soft, slightly puffy flatbread, often cooked in a tandoor and served with curry. Chapati is thinner and usually unoiled; a poppadom is crisp and thin. You tear naan rather than cut it, and use it to scoop. Countable: a naan / garlic naan. Also written nan.

Meaning

A soft, slightly puffy flatbread, often served with curry.

Examples

• “Tear the naan and scoop up the curry with it.”
• “Garlic naan and a mild korma is our usual Friday takeaway.”
• “Warm the naan in the oven, not the toaster, or it will go hard.”

Good to know

a naan (also nan). Contrast: a chapati (thinner) / a poppadom (crisp). tear / scoop.

Near in meaning

nan

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