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'''Lavash''' ({{lang-hy|լավաշ}}; {{lang-tr|lavaş}}; {{lang-fa|لواش}}) is a soft, thin [[flatbread]] of [[Armenia]]n origin,{{#tag:ref|Most sources claim that it is of Armenian origin,<ref>{{cite book|last=Albala|first=Ken|title=Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, Volume 1|publisher=Greenwood|___location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=9780313376269|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Khanam|first=R.|title=Encycl. Ethnography Of Middle-East And Central Asia (3 Vols. Set)|year=2005|publisher=Global Vision|___location=New Delhi|isbn=9788182200623|page=55|edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Goldstein|first=Darra|title=A Taste of Russia: A Cookbook of Russian Hospitality|year=1999|publisher=Russian Life Books|___location=Montpelier, VT|isbn=9781880100424|page=185|edition=2nd}}</ref> including the ''[[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]]''.<ref name="Providedby">[http://www.wordnik.com/words/lavash Provided by wordnik.com website]</ref><ref name="Providedby_a">[http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/lavash Provided by Yahoo Education website]</ref> According to the [[Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia]] the word ''lavash'' is an Armenian word, consisting of two parts: The first one "lav" in Armenia means "good". The second part "ash" means "food, meal". So in Armenian it means "good food".<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=[[Armenian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Armenian National Academy of Sciences]] |volume=4 |pages=234–235}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=February 2011}}

The ''Encyclopedia of Jewish Food'' states that its origin is [[Middle East]], most probably from Iran.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Jewish Food |author=Gil Marks |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |year=2010 |page=355}}</ref>|group="note"}} popular in the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]] and [[Turkey]].