لواش

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Armenian լավաշ (lavaš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [la.ˈwɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.wɑ́ːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.wɑ́ːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.wɑ́ːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.wɔ́ːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læ.vɒ́ːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.vɔ́ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	lawāš
Dari reading?	lawāš
Iranian reading?	lavâš
Tajik reading?	lavoš

Noun

لواش • (lavâš)

1. lavash (a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, yeast, and salt, baked in a tandoor)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لواش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 305