Where does “yəvâş” come from?

yəvâş (Khalaj) comes from Persian یواش, from Turkish yavaş, from Ottoman Turkish یواش, from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč — peaceful, quiet, calm, mild.

yəvâş (Khalaj): slow

Definitions

  1. slow

Ancestry of “yəvâş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیواشslow
2Turkishyavaşslow
3Ottoman Turkishیواشmild, gentle, peaceful
4Proto-Turkic*yabaĺčpeaceful, quiet, calm, mild
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یواش →Every word from Turkish yavaş →