हाय
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit हायि (hāyi). Cognate with Punjabi ਹਾਏ (hāē), Gujarati હાય (hāya), Marathi हाय (hāy).
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editहाय • (hāy) (Urdu spelling ہائے)
- alas!
- हाय-हाय! ― hāy-hāy! ― alas!
Noun
editहाय • (hāy) f (Urdu spelling ہائے)
- an exclamation of distress; a sigh
Declension
editDeclension 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