Iași

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Iași. === Proper noun === Iași Alternative spelling of Iasi: a city and county of Romania. == Romanian == === Alternative forms === Iașii — obsolete === Etymology === Uncertain. Most likely from either the ancient Iazyges, the Roman name of an ancient Sarmatian tribe that once lived in the area, or from a tribe of Alans known as the Jassi prevalent throughout the Carpathian space (confer Jászság in Hungary and related toponyms). Other proposals include from Kipchak yaasi (“archers”), from yaa (“bow”), from Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jaʃʲ/ === Proper noun === Iași m pl or m Iasi (the capital and largest city of Iași County, Moldavia, in northeastern Romania) a county of Romania === See also ===