sorrow

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[edit] English

From Middle English sorow, from Old English sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō (cf. Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Danish sorg), from Proto-Indo-European *su̯ergh- 'to watch over, worry' (cf. Old Irish serg 'sickness', Tocharian B sark 'id.', Lithuanian sir̃gti ‘to be sick’, Sanskrit sū́rkṣati ‘he worries’ ).

sorrow (countable and uncountable; plural sorrows)

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

unhappiness

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Arabic: حزن (ar) (Huzn) m.
Bengali: দুঃখ (bn) (duḥkh), বেদনা (bn) (bedôna)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 悲傷 (zh), 悲伤 (zh) (bēishāng), 悲哀 (zh) (bēi'āi)
Czech: smutek (cs) m.
Danish: sorg (da), smerte (da)
Dutch: smart (nl), rouw (nl)
Esperanto: malĝojo (eo)
Finnish: suru (fi), murhe (fi), huoli (fi)
French: peine (fr) f.
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Kummer (de) m., Traurigkeit (de) f., Trauer (de) f., Sorge (de) f., Kümmernis (de) f., Leiden (de) n.
Greek: λύπη (el) (lýpi) f.
Hebrew: צער (he) (tsāʿār) m.
Hindi: दूःख (hi) (duḥkh) m., शोक (hi) (śok) m., ग़म (hi) (ġam) m., अफ़सोस (hi) (afsos) m.

Irish: brón (ga) m.
Italian: tristezza (it), dolore (it), pena (it) f., afflizione (it) f., infelicità (it) f.
Japanese: 悲しみ (ja) (かなしみ, kanashimi)
Korean: 슬픔 (ko) (seulpeum)
Kurdish:

Sorani: داخ (ku) (dax), خه‌فه‌ت (ku) (xefet)
Old English: sorh (ang) f., cearu (ang) f.
Persian: غم (fa) (ğam), افسوس (fa) (afsus)
Polish: smutek (pl) m.
Portuguese: tristeza (pt) f., mágoa (pt) f.
Russian: горе (ru) (góre) n., печаль (ru) (pečál') f.
Scottish Gaelic: bròn m., èislean m., duilichinn f., doilgheas m., tùirse f., mulad m.
Spanish: tristeza (es) f., aflicción (es) f., infelicidad (es) f., pesar (es) m., dolor (es) m.
Swedish: sorg (sv)
Telugu: దిగులు (digulu), బాధ (baadha)
Urdu: غم (ur) (ġam) m., افسوس (ur) (afsos) m.

instance or cause of unhappiness

sorrow (third-person singular simple present sorrows, present participle sorrowing, simple past and past participle sorrowed)

(intransitive) To feel or express grief.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 424:
  
  ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’