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lavash
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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lavash1
First recorded in
1660–70;
from Middle Armenian lawaš, Ottoman Turkish lavāš, from Persian lavāš; further origin uncertain
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Example Sentences
Having eaten the rice, each one ate a lavash too and all were perfectly satisfied, but there yet remained some rice and lavashees.
In front of each child lay a fresh lavash (roll), on which Zenobi had thoughtfully piled up a large amount of rice.