Talk:Naan

Oxford junk
Does all that Oxford junk in this entry really belong in a professionally written Wikipedia article? Seems like it would only matter to Oxfordians, not the world at large. 24.58.171.240 21:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Use in China
No content about its existence in China?--128.252.173.70 20:43, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Naan on the table?
"These restaurants have typically provided a basket of bread at the table in the same manner that European restaurants set out a basket of rolls."

In twenty years of eating curry all over the UK, I've never been in a restaurant that provided naan for the table in the way European restaurants provide bread. It is always a side dish to be ordered specifically. Some restaurants will suggest it, but no more often than they suggest, for example, rice. I think this sentence should be removed, therefore.

84.78.189.63 (talk) 09:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Origin section
needs to be fleshed out, instead of

The word and bread later spread to South Asia into India and the surrounding regions. Much more recently it has spread to the UK, owing to the popularity of Indian cuisine in Britain.

the weasel phrases were replaced with actual dates --Tehw1k1 (talk) 07:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

The Ebla Achives (from Syria 's Tell Mardikh the excavated library of clay tablets) dated ca 2500 BC is reported to show the word "n-nda" referring to a daily communal bread distribution (from n-n'= bread and da = giving). March 2016 ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Derinos (talk • contribs) 00:16, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Variant of Roti?
Is it appropriate to describe naan as a variant of roti given that roti is described as bread with a South Asian origin while naan is described in the article as having a separate Central Asian origin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.81.16 (talk) 18:50, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Cooking of Naan
I've heard that Naan is often cooked stuck to the side of the oven rather than laying flat. Can anyone corroborate and add this to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.178.208 (talk) 23:11, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

"Naanwiches"
Are "naanwiches" worth mentioning in this article? Kylelovesyou (talk) 03:13, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

England
Should this be changed to United Kingdom? - I know that they are as popular here in Wales as they are in England. Can't speak for Scotland and Northern Ireland though.82.0.73.145 (talk) 19:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)Iago
 * Good suggestion, duly changed. Geoff B (talk) 20:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Peshwari naan in Indian resturants in England contain neither nuts nor raisins. Instead they contain shredded coconut. Also there's a variant called Keema naan, which contains slices of lamb. 89.242.241.49 (talk) 00:37, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Method of eating
In the U.S., I've often seen naan used as a delivery vehicle for getting a dish from the plate to the mouth in place of a fork - like dipping in soup, but with e.g. chicken tikka masala instead of soup. Is that common, especially in India and the UK? -- Beland (talk) 04:03, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

naan is categorized as an indian food however naan is a broad term for bread belonging to many countries and different cultures..the category is wrong and has to be changed.it is not indian food, its a broad term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.157.203.3 (talk) 07:31, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Write and add in Food only if it is part of your food Culture
or else you you start adding wrong information.

Its very tempting to think you know about a food items when it becomes popular in the West or Westernized. I would caution people to write within your food culture. Stop writing about items you don't know about.

The goat roti that's shown is actually NOT A NAN. The label it as goat roti, tell me its a Caribbean person, who is buying commercialized Caribbean food. A roti and a nan is not the same thing. I will remove it since a roti is not a nan.Starbwoy (talk) 21:04, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

this is getting really funny i'm Iranian and we call all our breads naan .i don't understand the Indians agenda i added some of our naans and the pictures and they keep deleting them what do you really call it? have some courtesy and culture why vandalizing the page and Wikipedia and preventing people to add true information. if you don't keep Wikipedia a trustworthy resource it will not be used as a reference and that's why university professors don't suggest it as a reliable resource. if you like to say naan is only Indian do it Wikipedia will just lose its reliability and no one will listen to your lies any more. moreover you will lose credibility as people from a specific culture i wonder if you even care though.Xerxes2500 (talk) 14:28, 3 May 2017 (UTC) also any logic mind can see that if the root of word is Iranian how is it possible that there is no Naan in Iran?? Xerxes2500 (talk) 14:30, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Spread of the word
Fun fact: The Persian word has spread as far as the shores of the Arctic Sea. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 03:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

What is a Gara Flat?
Is this uncaught vandalism? I can't find any information on naan being called this anywhere online. lukini (talk &#124; contribs) 17:54, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

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Proposed merge with Keema naan
Sources are all cooking blogs/websites. As this stub fails WP:SIGCOV, I believe that the subject does not warrant its own article. lovkal (talk) 18:16, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The article was deleted 29 April 2018, any content may be added to this article. LovelyLillith (talk) 22:15, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Minor changes to "Naan" article suggested here
The article reads: Naan as known today originates from Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, with influence from the Middle East.

I would propose to change this sentence as follows: "Naan as known today originates from Central Asia." (The reason for this is that the oven in which this 'naan as known today' is baked, the tanur (or tonir), originates in the Middle East, and subsequently traveled East to India, most likely with the Persian conquerors or the subcontinent. Without tanur, no tandoori naan! What distinguishes the Indian version is the solely its shape, akin to a slipper.)

The article reads: The most familiar and readily available varieties of naan in Western countries are the varieties from the Indian subcontinent. In Iran, from which the word originated,[8] nān (نان) does not carry any special significance, as it is merely the generic word for any kind of bread, as well as in other West Asian nations or ethnic groups in the region, such as amongst Kurds, Turks, Azerbaijanis (from both Azerbaijan and Iran), etc

I would propose to remove "Turks" from this list, as the Turkish word for bread is 'ekmek' not nan. Shanbalileh (talk) 15:25, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Indian naan not bread?
The article states ""Naan" (نان) is Persian and means "bread" but Indian naan is not bread" then does nothing to explain this distinction. It's made with flour, it's leavened, it's cooked in an oven, and it's used for many of the things we use bread for. So why is it not bread? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nellydesign (talk • contribs) 19:14, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Ninda in Hittite Language
The word "naan" can be related with the word Ninda in Hittite language which used to mean as "bread" as well. I am not sure if this information can be placed in the article. --Cemyildiz (talk) 23:38, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Peshwari naan
How is the word Peshwari not mentioned in this article? Surely "I'll have a Peshwari naan" is one of the most commonly spoken phrases in Indian restaurants, in the UK at least? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.107.87 (talk) 14:38, 4 April 2020 (UTC)