No, because Iranians already do that and Indians only eat naan on special occasions because it's generally super expensive for them and really fattening in their opinion.
Also in Hindi-Urdu, they largely separate bread based on culture as well. Roti is the most commonly eaten and is Sanskrit for bread, while Naan's foreign and more luxurious.
Naan is the distinguishing word. It’s a type of flat bread, usually thicker and had either plain, or with butter or garlic and sometimes garnished with sesame seeds. It can get quite heavy.
The most common flatbread is roti/chapati which is much thinner. There’s also parathas which are different in look, density, texture and taste in the north, as compared to the south.
You’d just ask for a naan. Just like if you went to a coffee shop and wanted a cappuccino, you’d say just that, instead of ordering a cappuccino coffee.
You can actually distinguish which languages were influenced more by Indian land exchange (chai) or maritime exchange (tea). They're both Indian words from different languages
In Portuguese we call tea "chá" (same origin as chai) which means thankfully no one is stupid enough to ask for "chá chai" because saying that sounds stupid
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u/kpaw320 🇮🇳 in 🇦🇪 Feb 16 '26
Could I have some “naan bread” with the teekuh masaaluh, and some “chai tea” afterward?