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'''Lavash''' ({{lang-hy|[[wikt:(լավաշ|լավաշ]]}}), [[Turkish language{{lang-tr|Turkish]]: Lavaş}}, ([[Persian language{{lang-fa|Persian]] لواش,}})<ref>http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=lavas</ref><ref>http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_gts&arama=gts&guid=TDK.GTS.509b81f2485043.35729386</ref> is a soft, thin [[flatbread]] popular in [[Armenia]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Turkey]] and the [[Caucasus]].

==Background==

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* According to the American heritage dictionary lavash is of Armenian origin.<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 Encyclopedia of Jewish Food 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>

* According to Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia the word '''lavash''' is an Armenian word, as the word "lavash" in Armenian consistsconsisting 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}}

==See also==