لواش

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Armenian լավաշ (lavaš).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /la.ˈwaːʃ/

(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)

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