lavash

[ luh-vahsh, -vash ]

noun

a large, sometimes leavened flatbread, soft when freshly baked and hard like a cracker when dried, common in Armenia, Iran, and other parts of Western and Central Asia.

Origin of lavash

¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Middle Armenian lawaš, Ottoman Turkish lavāš, from Persian lavāš; further origin uncertain

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How to use lavash in a sentence

Having eaten the rice, each one ate a lavash too and all were perfectly satisfied, but there yet remained some rice and lavashees.
Caucasian Legends | A. Goulbat
In front of each child lay a fresh lavash (roll), on which Zenobi had thoughtfully piled up a large amount of rice.
Caucasian Legends | A. Goulbat

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