vay

Significat (English)

1. (colloquial) woe, alas!
2. Vay, vay, vay! (reminiscent of English exclamation "well, well, well")

Synonyms

vay canına

a

a

ay

🌔

o

👨

ya

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from turc otomà: وای

Cognate with anglès: woe

Cognate with llatí: vae

Cognate with lituà: vaĩ

Cognate with rus: увы́

Cognate with irlandès antic: fae

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish وای (vay), from Persian وای (vây, “alas!”), from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with English woe, Latin vae, Lithuanian vaĩ, Russian увы́ (uvý), Old Irish fae, among others.