हाय
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit हायि (hāyi). Cognate with Punjabi ਹਾਏ (hāē), Gujarati હાય (hāya), Marathi हाय (hāy).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]हाय • (hāy) (Urdu spelling ہائے)
- alas!
- हाय-हाय! ― hāy-hāy! ― alas!
Noun
[edit]हाय • (hāy) f (Urdu spelling ہائے)
- an exclamation of distress; a sigh
Declension
[edit]Declension of हाय (fem cons-stem)
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hāyi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press