arrey
See also: Arrey
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arrey
- (India) Expressing surprise or alarm; hey. [from 19th c.]
- 2007, Sonja Chandrachud, The Potion of Eternity:
- The dhoti-clad Indian mystic's anger simmered, dangerously close to exploding. 'Arrey! This is just not done in our Indian culture!'
- 2013, Shreya Mathur, But Ira Said:
- 'Arrey baba! How much will you study?' Ma strode into my room with a glass of Bournvita.
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 26:
- The boy screamed, ‘Arre, arre, don't! Don't you dare!’
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From Old Irish aire f (“act of guarding; attention”); cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic aire (“attention, heed, notice”).
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arrey m (genitive singular arrey, no plural)
- caution, care, attention
- vigilance, invigilation, reserve, surveillance
- guard, watch, guard post, lookout
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- neuarrey (“inattention, carelessness”)