yavaş yavaş

Meaning

  1. gradually
  2. slowly

Hyphenated as
ya‧vaş‧ya‧vaş
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jɑˈvɑʃ jɑˈvɑʃ/
Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یواش یواش (yavaş yavaş). By surface analysis, reduplication of yavaş (“slow”).

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Sal   yavaş yavaş  sallanmaya başlamıştı, neferler  ön   tarafta  sahile  doğru   kürek  çekiyorlardı.

Slowly the raft began to shake, the expeditionaries rowing towards the shore in the front.

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