What is "matnakash"

n. a type of oval Armenian bread with furrows on it

Matnakash is a leavened traditional Armenian bread, similar to the naan. The word matnakash literally means "finger draw" or "finger pull", referring to the way the bread is prepared. It is made of wheat flour with yeast or sourdough starter. It is shaped into oval or round loaves with longitudinal or criss-crossed scoring. The characteristic golden or golden-brown color of its crust is achieved by coating the surface of the loaves with sweetened tea essence before baking.

Matnakash, along with lavash, a thin unleavened Armenian type of flatbread, can be purchased from numerous bakeries in Armenia as well as places with large Armenian populations as a result of the Armenian diaspora.