ايوه

See also: إيوه‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إي‎ ('ī), أ‎ (ay, “yes”), which only comes after swearing as in إي و ربي /إي و الله, plus و‎ (wa, “and”) + ه h a silent h sometimes added to the end of Arabic words with a stop which omitted the original word الله‎ (allāh, “god”) (originally from ay wa allah shortened to aywa).

Adverb

ايوه • (ʔaywa)

  1. yes

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