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lavash

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ləˈvɑːʃ/
  • UK: /ləˈvaʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Armenian cracker bread

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَافَاش (lavaš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Arabic: لَافَاش (lafāš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܫܐ (lāwāšā) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Armenian: լավաշ (lavaš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Azerbaijani: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Azerbaijani: لاواش (lāvāsh) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Bashkir: ләүәш (ləwəş) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Belarusian: лава́ш (laváš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Bulgarian: лава́ш (laváš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉瓦什 — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Crimean Tatar: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Czech: lavaš — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Esperanto: lavaŝo — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Estonian: lavašš — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Finnish: lavash — a soft, thin flatbread
  • French: lavash — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Gagauz: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Georgian: ლავაში (lavaši) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • German: Lavash — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Hebrew: לוואשי — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Hindi: लवाश (lavāś) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Japanese: ラヴァッシュ (ravasshu) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Kazakh: лаваш (lavaş) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Korean: 라바슈 (rabasyu) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Krymchak: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Kumyk: лаваш (lawaş) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Central Kurdish: لەواشە (lewaşe) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Northern Kurdish: loş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Northern Kurdish: lûşe — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Northern Kurdish: lewaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Kyrgyz: лаваш (lavaş) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Latvian: lavašs — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Lithuanian: lavašas — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Dari: لَوَاش (lawāš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Iranian Persian: لَواش (lavâš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Polish: lawasz — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Portuguese: pão lavash — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Russian: лава́ш (laváš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Slovak: lavaš — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Spanish: lavash — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Tajik: лавош (lavoš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Talysh: ləvoş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Tatar: ләвәш (läwäş) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Turkish: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Turkmen: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Ukrainian: лава́ш (laváš) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Urdu: لَواش (lavāś) — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Urum: xamur-yaprax — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Urum: lavaş — a soft, thin flatbread
  • Uzbek: lavash — a soft, thin flatbread