نان خطایی

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ezafe of نان (nân, bread) +‎ خطایی (xatâyi, Cathayan), literally Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Readings
Classical reading? nān-i xatāyī
Dari reading? nān-i xatāyī
Iranian reading? nân-e xatâyi
Tajik reading? non-i xatoyi

Noun

Dari نان خطایی
Iranian Persian
Tajik нони хатоӣ

نان خطایی • (nân-e xatâyi)

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

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.