అయ్యో

Telugu

Interjection

అయ్యో • (ayyō)

1. alas, aiyo; an expression of sorrow, distress, regret or grief.

   అయ్యో పాపము! వాడు బ్రతకడు! ― ayyō pāpamu! vāḍu bratakaḍu! ― Alas! The poor thing will not survive!

References

• "అయ్య" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 77
• అయ్యో at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)