yavaş

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic јаваш
Abjad یاواش

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

yavaş (comparative daha yavaş, superlative ən yavaş)

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

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Persian: یواش
  • Lezgi: йаваш (javaš)

References


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč.

Adverb

yavaş

  1. slowly, quietly
    Synonym: aqırın

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یواش (yavaş), from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč.

Pronunciation

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

yavaş

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

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • yavaş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu