یواش یواش

See also: يواش يواش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adverb

یواش یواش • (yavaş yavaş)

1. gently, softly
2. slowly
3. gradually, little by little

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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2195a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یواش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1360b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Turkish yavaş yavaş.

Adverb

یواش یواش • (yavâš yavâš)

1. (informal) gradually, slowly

   Synonyms: آرام آرام (ârâm ârâm), آهسته آهسته (âheste âheste), گاماس گاماس (gâmâs gâmâs)

   Antonym: تند تند (tond tond)