yavaş

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic јаваш
Perso-Arabic یاواش‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yabaĺ.[1]

Cognate with Turkish yavaş, Karachay-Balkar джууаш (cuuaş, “quiet,mild”), Karaim йуваш/йувас, Krymchak йуваш (“quiet, calm”), Kazakh жуас (juas), Nogai ювас (yuvas), Bashkir йыуаш (yıwaş), Southern Altai јобош (ǰoboš), Azerbaijani yavaş, Turkmen ýuwaş, Khakas чабас (çabas) ,Shor чобаш, Tuvan чааш (çaaş), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɑˈvɑʃ]
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Adjective

yavaş (comparative daha yavaş, superlative ən yavaş)

  1. slow, gradual
  2. careful, gentle
    yavaş ol! ― be careful! slow down!

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Persian: یواش‎
  • → Lezgi: йаваш (javaš)

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*jabaĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یواش‎, یاواش‎ (yavaş), from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺ (“soft, mild; slow, quiet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑ.vɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ya‧vaş

Adjective

yavaş

  1. slow
  2. calm, mild
  3. easy, gentle

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Ladino: yavash

Further reading
  • yavaş in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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