լավաշ
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian *լաւաշ (*lawaš), a by-form of լաւշ (lawš), whence լոշ (loš).
The ultimate origin is uncertain.
According to Ačaṙyan, we are dealing with a Semitic borrowing. Compare Samaritan Aramaic ࠋࠅࠔ (lwš [lūš], “dough”), Aramaic ליש (layš), לישא (layšā, “dough”), Classical Syriac ܠܝܫܐ (layšā, “lump of dough”), absolute state ܠܝܫ (layš), all from the Aramaic base לוש (lwš, “to knead”). Further compare Akkadian [script needed] (līšu, “dough, paste”), [script needed] (lâšu, “to knead”), Biblical Hebrew לַיִשׁ (láyiš, “dough”), לָשׁ (lāš, “to knead”), Arabic لَاث (lāṯ, “to dip a slice in oil”), لُوَاثَة (luwāṯa, “flour sprinkled on a surface so that dough would not stick”).
On the other hand, Martirosyan tentatively connects լավաշ (lavaš) with dialectal լափ (lapʿ), լուփ (lupʿ), լովազ (lovaz, “palm, flat of the hand”), լափուկ (lapʿuk), լեփուկ (lepʿuk, “flat, polished stone for playing”), լավազ (lavaz, “very thin”) and assumes derivation from Proto-Armenian *law-, *lapʿ- (“flat”) + -աշ (-aš). For further origin compare Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“the palm or hollow of the hand”), Russian ла́па (lápa, “paw”), Latin lapis (“stone, milestone”), Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, mountain”), Ibero-Romance *lappa (“stone plate”), all of which may go back to Proto-Indo-European *lóHp-eh₂- or *léh₃p-eh₂- or be borrowed from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [lɑˈvɑʃ]
Noun
լավաշ • (lavaš) (traditional orthography spelling լաւաշ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | լավաշ (lavaš) | լավաշներ (lavašner) | ||
| dative | լավաշի (lavaši) | լավաշների (lavašneri) | ||
| ablative | լավաշից (lavašicʿ) | լավաշներից (lavašnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | լավաշով (lavašov) | լավաշներով (lavašnerov) | ||
| locative | լավաշում (lavašum) | լավաշներում (lavašnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | լավաշը/լավաշն (lavašə/lavašn) | լավաշները/լավաշներն (lavašnerə/lavašnern) | ||
| dative | լավաշին (lavašin) | լավաշներին (lavašnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | լավաշս (lavašs) | լավաշներս (lavašners) | ||
| dative | լավաշիս (lavašis) | լավաշներիս (lavašneris) | ||
| ablative | լավաշիցս (lavašicʿs) | լավաշներիցս (lavašnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | լավաշովս (lavašovs) | լավաշներովս (lavašnerovs) | ||
| locative | լավաշումս (lavašums) | լավաշներումս (lavašnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | լավաշդ (lavašd) | լավաշներդ (lavašnerd) | ||
| dative | լավաշիդ (lavašid) | լավաշներիդ (lavašnerid) | ||
| ablative | լավաշիցդ (lavašicʿd) | լավաշներիցդ (lavašnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | լավաշովդ (lavašovd) | լավաշներովդ (lavašnerovd) | ||
| locative | լավաշումդ (lavašumd) | լավաշներումդ (lavašnerumd) | ||
Synonyms
- լոշ (loš)
Descendants
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 305
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “լօշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 639
- “lw$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fīrūzābādī (1250 Rumi calendar [=1834 AD]) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, 2nd edition, Constantinople, pages 364, 365