levash

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A form of lavash — 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.

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Meanings

nounlevash (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of lavash.

    Almost immediately, the table was cleared and then piled high with the family's treasures to share with the unexpected guests—delicious pickles, cheese, a meaty stew, levash bread and, of course, Armenian brandy.

    1994, Thomas Goltz, Requiem for a would-be republic: the rise and demise of the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan : a personal account of the years 1991-1993, page 341
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    Besides the high piles of levash bread, cheese and bean khachapuri, there were enormous bowls of various dishes from greens including my own favorite, jon-johi. There were round bowls the size of soccer balls containing […]

    1999, Frank H. Columbus, Russia Upside Down, Nova Science Publishers

    “I don't know,” she replied, baking some levash bread over a twig fire. “I wasn't here then—I am from Yerevan.” Nor were most of the other residents in this section of relief housing, it seemed: most were Armenian refugees from Baku.

    2015, Thomas Goltz, Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic, Routledge, →ISBN, page 302

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “levash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levash.

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