vay

Meaning

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

vay canına

Frequency

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish

وای

Cognate with English

woe

Cognate with Latin

vae

Cognate with Lithuanian

vaĩ

Cognate with Russian

увы́

Cognate with Old Irish

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 vai̇̃, Russian увы́ (uvý), Old Irish fae, among others.

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