User talk:Ghostal

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[edit] Shawarma / Lafa bread

Hi there

I see you amended "pita bread or Arabic bread" to "pita bread or Arabic lafa bread (a larger version of pita".

Here in Syria, Arabic bread refers to something quite different from pita bread - although it is round in shape and larger, it is thin (only one fine layer, not two thick ones like pita) and with a slightly bubbly, stretchy texture. Is this what you had in mind, or were you thinking of something else? Just so we can clarify whether there are two or three types of bread involved. And where is the term "lafa"?

Thanks! Palmiro | Talk 06:49, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Lafa in Israel is flat, circular, fluffy, and has 1 layer. "Arabic bread" sounds rather generic and could describe a large number of similar breads.

Thanks. That sounds like it's probably the same thing. I'll amend the article - I'd never heard the word "lafa" (is it Arabic, or Hebrew, or something else again)? In Syria, Arabic bread - "خبز عربي" - definitely refers to this particular kind of bread.Palmiro | Talk 10:38, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Lafa (לאפה) is a Hebrew word borrowed from Arabic.