lavash

lavash

English

Etymology

From Armenian լավաշ (lavaš) and partly from Turkish lavaş.[1] See the former for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləˈvɑːʃ/, /ləˈvaʃ/

Noun

lavash (plural lavashes)

1. A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor. Toasted sesame seeds and/or poppy seeds are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking. Traditionally made in Armenia and other countries of the Caucasus and the Middle East.

Translations

a soft, thin flatbread

Arabic: لَافَاش‎ m (lavaš), لَافَاش‎ m (lafāš) Armenian: լավաշ (hy) (lavaš) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܫܐ‎ (lāwāšā) Azerbaijani: lavaş (az) Bashkir: ләүәш (läwäš) Belarusian: лава́ш m (laváš) Estonian: lavašš Finnish: lavash French: lavash m Georgian: ლავაში (lavaši) German: Lavash n Hebrew: לוואשי‎ Japanese: ラヴァッシュ (ravasshu) Kazakh: лаваш (lavaş) Korean: 라바슈 (ko) (rabasyu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لەواشە‎ (lewaşe) Northern Kurdish: loş (ku) m, lûşe, lewaş (ku) m

Kyrgyz: лаваш (ky) (lavaş) Latvian: lavašs m Lithuanian: lavašas m Persian: لواش‎ (fa) (lavâš) Polish: lawasz m Portuguese: pão lavash m Russian: лава́ш (ru) m (laváš) Spanish: lavash m Tajik: лавош (lavoš) Talysh: ləvoş Tatar: ләвәш (tt) (läwäş) Turkish: lavaş (tr) Turkmen: lavaş Ukrainian: лава́ш (uk) m (laváš) Uzbek: lavash

References

1. "lavash." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2008.

Anagrams

• halvas