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[[Image:Pan armenio en el mercado de Yerevan.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Different varieties of Lavash sold in [[Yerevan]] market]]

:''For the Caribbean island, see [[Lavash Island]].''

'''Lavash''' ({{lang-hy|[[wikt:լավաշ|լավաշ]], {{lang-az|lavaş}}, {{lang-ka|ლავაში}} ''lavaši'', [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] Lawaş نانێ لاواش, {{lang-fa|لواش}}, ''lavaš''}}) is a soft, thin [[flatbread]] of [[Armenian]] origin <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>, popular in several countries. It is also known as '''lahvash''' or '''cracker bread'''. It is the most widespread type of bread in [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]] and [[Kashmir]].<ref> The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Making Classic Breads with the Cutting-edge Techniques of a Bread Master</ref> Toasted [[sesame seed]]s and/or [[poppy|poppy seeds]] are sometimes sprinkled on it before baking, though this is very uncommon in Armenia. While some wrap breads sold in the [[United States]] label themselves as lavash, actual lavash is significantly thinner than those products.

Traditionally the dough is rolled out flat and slapped against the hot walls of a woodoven or a [[tandoor]], also called ''[[wikt:թոնիր|t’onir]]'' in Armenian, ''tanur'' (تنور) in Persian ,"təndir" in Azeri language This is still the method used all throughout [[Azerbaijan]] , [[Iran]] and in the [[United States]].

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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>