नंगा एवम् नान

[पीयूष ओझा]

मार्क फ़ोर्साइथ की The Etymologicon में जिन इक्का-दुक्का हिंदी शब्दों का उल्लेख है उनमें एक है नान। इसकी व्युत्पत्ति प्रोटो-इंडो-यूरोपियन से इस प्रकार दी गई है:

“Let's look at the Proto-Indo-European word neogw, which means unclothed.

In the German languages (of which English is one) neogw bacames naked. In the Latin languages neogw became nude. But a funny thing happened in Persia to do with cookery.

You see, the ancient Persians cooked their meat by burying it in hot ashes. However, they baked their bread uncovered in an oven. They still used the PIE neogw, and therefore called their bread nan.

Nan was taken into Hindi as naan, and if you go into an Indian restaurant today you can still buy a lovely, puffy sort of bread called naan, and it's etymologically naked.”

नंगा और नान को जोड़ते इस तार पर जानकार कृपया अपनी राय देने का कष्ट करें।

[Arvind Kumar]

सुंदर. तो नंगी से मिटती है भूख.

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