aye ind. a vocative particle, an interjection (of surprise, recollection, fatigue, fear, passion, especially used in dramas, cf. ayi ).
aye ind. 1 As a vocative particle, or as a kind of gentle address ( = ayi ); aye gOrInATa tripurahara SaMBo trinayana Bh. 3. 123. 2 An interjection showing ( a ) ‘surprise’ or ‘wonder’ and translated by ‘oh’ ‘ah’, aye mAtaliH Ś. 6 ; aye kumAralakzmaRaH prAptaH U. 1 ; aye mayyeva BrukuwIDaraH saMvfttaH U. 5 ; ( b ) ‘grief’, ‘dejection’; aye davepAdapadmopajIvino'vasTeyaM Mu. 2 (alas!); ( c ) ‘anger’; aye aSvameDa iti viSvavijayinAM kzatriyARAM mahAnutkarzanikazaH U. 4 ; ( pb ) ( d ) ‘fear,’ ‘flurry’, ‘agitation;’ ( e ) ‘recollection’; ( f ) ‘fear’; ( g ) ‘fatigue’.