Iași

See also: Iasi and -iasi

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Iași.

Proper noun

Iași

1. Alternative form of Iasi, a city and county of Romania.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Iașii — obsolete

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Kipchak yaasi (“archers”), from yaa (“bow”), from Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”).

Early in the 20th century, a link to the ancient Iazyges has been proposed, the Roman name of an ancient Sarmatian tribe that once lived in the area, or from a tribe of Alans known as the Jassi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʃʲ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Iași m pl or m

1. Iasi (a city in Iași, Moldavia, in northeastern Romania)
2. A county of Romania.

See also

• (counties of Romania) județele României; Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Brăila, București, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea ^{(Category: ro:Counties of Romania) [edit]}