լավաշ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian *լաւաշ (lawaš), which is related to Middle Armenian լաւշ (lawš), Armenian լոշ. The ultimate origin is uncertain. Martirosyan compares լավաշ (lavaš) with dialectal լափ/լուփ (palm, flat of the hand), լափուկ/լեփուկ (flat, polished stone for playing) and assumes derivation from Proto-Armenian *law-, *lapʿ- (flat), with a suffix -աշ found also in մատղաշ, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lóHp-eh₂- or *léh₃p-eh₂- and cognate with Old High German lappo (palm, blade of an oar), Russian лапа.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [lɑˈvɑʃ]
  • Hyphenation: լա‧վաշ

Noun

լավաշ  (lavaš)

  1. lavash

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers), page 305
  • լօշ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79

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