וי


ױ U+05F1, ױ
HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH VAV YOD
← װ
[U+05F0] 		Hebrew ײ →
[U+05F2]

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑj/

Interjection

וָי • (wāy)

  1. woe!, alas!

References

  1. ^ Lowe, A. D. (1967), “The Origin of Οὐαί”, in Hermathena, volume 105, page 36 of 34-39

Further reading

  • “wy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yiddish

Alternative forms

  • ױ (oy) — the single-character “vov yud” digraph

Letter

וי • (oy)

  1. A letter of the Yiddish alphabet, representing /ɔɪ̯/ in Standard YIVO Yiddish
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