یواش یواش

See also: يواش يواش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of یواش (yavaş, “gentle; slow”).

Adverb

یواش یواش • (yavaş yavaş)

Descendants

Turkish: yavaş yavaş
→ Albanian: avash-avash
→ Armenian: յավաշ-յավաշ (yavaš-yavaš)
→ Romanian: iavaș-iavaș

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاواش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2195a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یواش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1360b

Persian

Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Turkish yavaş yavaş.

Adverb

یواش یواش • (yavâš yavâš)

(informal) gradually, slowly
Synonyms: آرام آرام (ârâm ârâm), آهسته آهسته (âheste âheste), گاماس گاماس (gâmâs gâmâs)

Antonym: تند تند (tond tond)

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