"وي" meaning in Arabic

See وي in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /waj/ Forms: وَيْ [canonical], way [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|ar}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|ar|interjection|head=وَيْ}} وَيْ • (way)
  1. how, wow (expression of positive or negative surprise)
    Sense id: en-وي-ar-intj-kMRDMDx0 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic onomatopoeias

Download JSON data for وي meaning in Arabic (1.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Arabic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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