Where does “وای” come from?

وای (Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

وای (Persian): alas!; woe, woe to!

Definitions

  1. alas!; woe, woe to!

Ancestry of “وای”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “وای”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →