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Paan vs Taan - What's the difference?

paan | taan |

As nouns the difference between paan and taan

is that paan is a psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in asia while taan is a rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.

paan

English

Alternative forms

* pan

Noun

(-)
  • A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia.

    • taan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 147:
  • *:Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.
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