vay

Signification (English)

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

Concepts

ouais

aïe

euh

ouah

oh

oh là là

waouh

Synonyms

vay canına

a

a

ay

🌔

o

👨

ya

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from turc ottoman: وای

Cognate with anglais: woe

Cognate with latin: vae

Cognate with lituanien: vaĩ

Cognate with russe: увы́

Cognate with ancien irlandais: 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.