different between naan vs faan

English

Alternative forms

• nan

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (n?n)/Urdu ???? (n?n), from Persian ???? (nân), from Middle Persian LHMA (n?n, “bread, food”).

Noun

naan (plural naans)

1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

Translations

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Anna, Nana, anan, anna, na-na, nana

Finnish

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (n?n), Urdu ???? (n?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??n/, [?n??n]
• Rhymes: -??n
• Syllabification: naan

Noun

naan

1. naan (bread)

Usage notes

More often used with leipä as "naan-leipä".

Declension

Anagrams

• Anna, Nana, anna

Portuguese

Noun

naan m (uncountable)

1. naan (Asian type of flat bread)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian n?n. Compare English none.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?n/

Determiner

naan (feminine neen, neuter neen, plural neen)

1. no, none

Derived terms

• goarnaan

References

• “naan” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch

Wolof

Verb

naan

1. to drink

Related terms

• mar

English

Alternative forms

• faaan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From sarcastic intonation?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophones: fan, fanne

Noun

faan (plural faans)

1. (dated, fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.

Derived terms

• faanish
• faanishness
• faan fiction

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “faan”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 55

Anagrams

• Afan, fana