[3] Large tandyr ovens used to bake nan as well as cook meat are typically located outdoors.

[4] Nan is often decorated with a central design in the shape of a circle consisting of patterned dots.

A radial pattern of slashes or dots can also be added with a bosma, a tool often made with reused bicycle spokes.

If non is dropped, it should be placed on a wall or in a tree for birds, and the phrase aysh Allah (God's bread) is spoken aloud.

[5][6] Tohax (тоқаш/toqash, токоч, توغاچ, Тоғач, Samarqand noni/Самарқанд нони), also known as toqach or toghach, is a type of tandoor bread consumed within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region[7] of China, as well as in many regions of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan).