I .
/ næn; NAmE / noun
( BrE ) = nanny (2)
II .
(also naan ) / nɑːn; NAmE / (also ˈnan bread , ˈnaan bread ) noun
[ U ] a type of soft flat S Asian bread
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WORD ORIGIN
I . 1940s: abbreviation of nanny , or a child's pronunciation of gran .
II . from Urdu and Persian nān .