Where does “یواش” come from?

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

یواش (Persian): slow

Definitions

  1. slow

Ancestry of “یواش”, step by step

یواش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yavaş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyavaşslow
2Ottoman Turkishیواشmild, gentle, peaceful
3Proto-Turkic*yabaĺčpeaceful, quiet, calm, mild

via Azerbaijani yavaş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniyavaşslow, gradual; careful, gentle

Words derived from “یواش”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یواش →Every word from Turkish yavaş →