نانکلی
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined more than 300 years ago by a family in the central part of Iran. The word “Nankali” is derived from a combination of two words, نان (nân, “bread”) and کلی (kali, “immense”).[1] Nankali as a word means breadwinner, the member of a household who earns all or most of the income.
Proper noun[edit]
نانکلی • (nânkali)
- a surname
References[edit]
- ^ Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1955), The Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran University Press