levash

levash

English

Noun

levash (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of lavash
   • 1994, Thomas Goltz, Requiem for a would-be republic: the rise and demise of the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan : a personal account of the years 1991-1993, page 341:

     Almost immediately, the table was cleared and then piled high with the family's treasures to share with the unexpected guests—delicious pickles, cheese, a meaty stew, levash bread and, of course, Armenian brandy.

   • 1999, Frank H. Columbus, Russia Upside Down, Nova Science Publishers:

     Besides the high piles of levash bread, cheese and bean khachapuri, there were enormous bowls of various dishes from greens including my own favorite, jon-johi. There were round bowls the size of soccer balls containing […]

   • 2015, Thomas Goltz, Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic, Routledge (→ISBN), page 302:

     “I don't know,” she replied, baking some levash bread over a twig fire. “I wasn't here then—I am from Yerevan.” Nor were most of the other residents in this section of relief housing, it seemed: most were Armenian refugees from Baku.