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==Etymology==

According to the "Etymologic dictionary of Turkic languages" the word "lavash" has no recognized etymology. It consists of two parts. The first one "lav" could be possibly adopted by Turkic from [[Chinese language|Chinese]] or [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. The second part "ash" means "food, meal". It could be of Turkic origin or could be adopted by Turkic from [[Middle Persian]]. The word was [[Loanword|adopted]] from the [[Turkic languages]] by many [[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian languages]] and by [[Russian language]].<ref>Э.В. Севортян. Этимологический словарь тюркских языков. Издательство "Наука". Москва 2003. Том 7. стр. 5</ref><ref>Э.В. Севортян. Этимологический словарь тюркских языков. Издательство "Наука". Москва 1974. Том 1. стр. 211</ref><ref>Е.Н. Шипова. Словарь тюркизмов в русском языке. Алма-Ата, "Наука" КазССР. 1976. Ответственный редактор академик А.Н. Кононов. стр. 218</ref>{{quotation needed|date=February 2011}}{{unreliable source|date=February 2011}}

According to [[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language|the American Heritage Dictionary]] lavash is a thin leavened flatbread of Armenian origin which etymology is Armenian, from [[Turkish language|Turkish]] lavaş. <ref>[http://www.wordnik.com/words/lavash Provided by wordnik.com website]</ref><ref>[http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/lavash Provided by Yahoo Education website]</ref>