lavash

English

Etymology

From Armenian լավաշ (lavaš) and partly from Turkish lavaş. Probably ultimately from some Aramaic language. See the former for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləˈvɑːʃ/, /ləˈvaʃ/

Noun

lavash (countable and uncountable, 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.

Synonyms

• Armenian cracker bread

Translations

a soft, thin flatbread

• Arabic: لَافَاش m (lavaš), لَافَاش m (lafāš)
• Armenian: լավաշ (hy) (lavaš)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܫܐ (lāwāšā)
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: لاواش (lāvāsh)

  Roman: lavaş (az)

• Bashkir: ләүәш (ləwəş)
• Belarusian: лава́ш m (laváš)
• Crimean Tatar: lavaş
• Esperanto: lavaŝo
• Estonian: lavašš
• Finnish: lavash
• French: lavash m
• Gagauz: lavaş
• Georgian: ლავაში (lavaši)
• German: Lavash n
• Hebrew: לוואשי
• Japanese: ラヴァッシュ (ravasshu)
• Kazakh: лаваш (lavaş)
• Korean: 라바슈 (ko) (rabasyu)
• Krymchak: lavaş
• Kumyk: лаваш (lawaş)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لەواشە (lewaşe)

  Northern Kurdish: loş (ku) m, lûşe, lewaş 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)
• Urum: xamur-yaprax, lavaş
• Uzbek: lavash

Anagrams

• halvas