Meanings
plural lavashes · alternative lavache · alternative levash · alternative levache
- countableuncountableA 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.
2022 August 17, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect chicken shawarma – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Dec 20221 more example
The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread.
2026 March 15, Genevieve Ko, “‘This Is the Best Dish I Have Ever Made From NYT Cooking’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2026Synonyms: Armenian cracker bread
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Origin
- Turkishlavaş
- Armenianլավաշ
- Englishlavash
From Armenian լավաշ (lavaš) and partly from Turkish lavaş. See there for more.
More words from Armenian, Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَافَاش, لَافَاش
- لَافَاش (lavaš)a soft, thin flatbread
- لَافَاش (lafāš)a soft, thin flatbread
Bulgarian лава́ш
- лава́ш (laváš)a soft, thin flatbread
Chinese Mandarin 拉瓦什
- 拉瓦什a soft, thin flatbread
Czech lavaš
- lavaša soft, thin flatbread
Esperanto lavaŝo
- lavaŝoa soft, thin flatbread
Estonian lavašš
- lavašša soft, thin flatbread
Finnish lavash
- lavasha soft, thin flatbread
French lavash
- lavasha soft, thin flatbread
German Lavash
- Lavasha soft, thin flatbread
Hebrew לוואשי
- לוואשיa soft, thin flatbread
Hindi लवाश
- लवाश (lavāś)a soft, thin flatbread
Japanese ラヴァッシュ
- ラヴァッシュ (ravasshu)a soft, thin flatbread
Korean 라바슈
- 라바슈 (rabasyu)a soft, thin flatbread
Latvian lavašs
- lavašsa soft, thin flatbread
Lithuanian lavašas
- lavašasa soft, thin flatbread
Polish lawasz
- lawasza soft, thin flatbread
Portuguese pão lavash
- pão lavasha soft, thin flatbread
Russian лава́ш
- лава́ш (laváš)a soft, thin flatbread
Slovak lavaš
- lavaša soft, thin flatbread
Spanish lavash
- lavasha soft, thin flatbread
Turkish lavaş
- lavaşa soft, thin flatbread
Ukrainian лава́ш
- лава́ш (laváš)a soft, thin flatbread
Urdu لَواش
- لَواش (lavāś)a soft, thin flatbread
Cite this entry
lavash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavash
“lavash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavash. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lavash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavash.
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