Food and Drink
نان
/ Nān /
noun · Bread
Meaning
معنی۱
Bread is treated with cultural respect in Iran. Dropped bread is picked up, kissed, and placed aside rather than thrown away. The phrase 'nān-o-namak khordan' (to eat bread and salt together) signals a bond of trust.
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
nānvā (نانوا) - "baker" (literally: bread-maker)
nānāie (نانایی) - "bakery"
nān-o-panir (نان و پنیر) - "bread and cheese" - the quintessential Iranian breakfast
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
نانNān
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