Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic جۋاس
Cyrillic жуас
Latin juas
Yañalif çuas

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yabaĺ (soft, quiet, calm).

Cognate with Karachay-Balkar джууаш (cuuaş, quiet,mild), Karaim йуваш/йувас, Krymchak йуваш (quiet, calm), Kumyk юваш (yuwaş), Nogai ювас (yuvas),Bashkir йыуаш (yıwaş), Kyrgyz жоош (jooş), Southern Altai јобош (ǰoboš), Azerbaijani yavaş, Turkmen ýuwaş, Khakas чабас (çabas) ,Shor чобаш, Tuvan чааш (çaaş), etc.

Adjective edit

жуас (juas)

  1. calm, quiet, mild