Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lavash

/ləˈvɑːʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: lavash
IPA: /ləˈvɑːʃ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: լավաշ, lavaş

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ləˈvɑːʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

lavashes (plural) lavache (alternative) levash (alternative) levache (alternative)

Synonyms

Armenian cracker bread

Questions

How do you pronounce lavash?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈvɑːʃ/.
What does lavash mean?: 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.
Where does lavash come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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