English Explanatory Dictionary

nankhatai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Shortbread biscuit popular in the Indian subcontinent.

Word forms

nankhatai nankhatais nuncatie

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)/نان خَطائی (nān xatāī), from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, “Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”).

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