हाय

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See also: हय, होय, and ह्य

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit हायि (hāyi). Cognate with Punjabi ਹਾਏ (hāē), Gujarati હાય (hāya), Marathi हाय (hāy).

Pronunciation

Interjection

हाय • (hāy)

  1. alas!
    (deprecated template usage) हाय-हाय! ― hāy-hāy! ― alas!

Noun

हाय • (hāy) f

  1. an exclamation of distress; a sigh

Declension

Template:hi-noun-c-f

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hāyi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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