نان خطائی

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ezafe of نان (nân, bread) +‎ خطائی (xatâ'i, Cathayan), literally Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɑ́ː.nɪ xä.t̪ʰɑː.ʔíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑ́ː.nɪ xä.t̪ʰɑː.jíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔ́ː.ni xä.t̪ʰɔː.jí]

Readings
Classical reading? nān-i xatā'ī
Dari reading? nān-i xatā'ī
Iranian reading? nân-e xatâ'i
Tajik reading? non-i xato'i

Noun

Dari نان خطائی
Iranian Persian
Tajik нони хатоӣ

نان خطائی • (nân-e xatâ'i)

  1. nankhatai
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see نان,‎ خطائی.

Descendants

  • Bengali: নানখাতাই (nankhatai)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)
    Urdu: نان خَطائی (nān xatāī)
  • Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: نان خَطائی (nān xat̤ā'ī)

References

  1. ^ Indian Antiquary[1], volume 60, 1931, page 213:
    The derivation from ‘K̲h̲aṭâî,’ of Cathay or China is correct. […] Recipes for making ‘Nuncaties’ are given in many Indian cookery books, but there is no special mention in any of them of Mr. Weir’s six ingredients; and ‘leaven produced from toddy’ does not, so far as I know, enter into the composition of these cakes at all.

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay).[1]

Noun

نان خَطائی • (nān xat̤ā'ī?

  1. nankhatai

References

  1. ^ Indian Antiquary[2], volume 60, 1931, page 213:
    The derivation from ‘K̲h̲aṭâî,’ of Cathay or China is correct. […] Recipes for making ‘Nuncaties’ are given in many Indian cookery books, but there is no special mention in any of them of Mr. Weir’s six ingredients; and ‘leaven produced from toddy’ does not, so far as I know, enter into the composition of these cakes at all.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

نان خَطائی • (nān xatāī? (Hindi spelling नानख़टाई)

  1. nankhatai

References

  1. ^ Indian Antiquary[3], volume 60, 1931, page 213:
    The derivation from ‘K̲h̲aṭâî,’ of Cathay or China is correct. […] Recipes for making ‘Nuncaties’ are given in many Indian cookery books, but there is no special mention in any of them of Mr. Weir’s six ingredients; and ‘leaven produced from toddy’ does not, so far as I know, enter into the composition of these cakes at all.