avash

Albanian

Alternative forms

• javash — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یواش (yavaş).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvaʃ/
• Rhymes: -aʃ
• Hyphenation: a‧vash

Adverb

avash (colloquial)

1. slowly

   Synonym: ngadalë

2. quitely

   Synonym: ngadalë

Derived terms

• avash-avash
• i avashëm
• avashllëk
• i avashtë

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 75b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “javash”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 227
• Meyer, G. (1891) “javáš”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 162