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lavash

  • /ləˈvɑːʃ/ UK
  • /ləˈvaʃ/ UK

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From Armenian լավաշ (lavaš) and partly from Turkish lavaş. See there for more.

noun lavashes · lavache · levash · levache

  1. countable, uncountable A soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor, and sometimes sprinkled with sesame seeds or poppy seeds before baking. Once you’ve got the chicken right, it’s up to you whether you serve it over rice, stuffed into a fluffy pita or wrapped up in a paper-thin lavash – and which sauce you go for, if any.

    Similar: Armenian cracker bread

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noun a soft, thin flatbread

Españollavash
한국어라바슈 rabasyu
日本語ラヴァッシュ ravasshu
中文拉瓦什
हिन्दीलवाश lavāś
Portuguêspão lavash
Françaislavash
DeutschLavash
Русскийлава́ш laváš
العربيةلَافَاش lavaš, لَافَاش lafāš
עבריתלוואשי

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@misc{lavash_2026,
  title = {lavash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lavash},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}