arrey

Expressing surprise or alarm; hey.

Interjection

  1. Expressing surprise or alarm; hey.
    • ‘Nay, I cannot move another step,’ he howled. ‘I am old and my turban is lost. Arré! Arré!’ - 1893, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Rukh”, in Many Inventions, London: Macmillan and Co., page 206:
    • The dhoti-clad Indian mystic's anger simmered, dangerously close to exploding. 'Arrey! This is just not done in our Indian culture!' - 2007, Sonja Chandrachud, The Potion of Eternity:
    • 'Arrey baba! How much will you study?' Ma strode into my room with a glass of Bournvita. - 2013, Shreya Mathur, But Ira Said:

Forms

arré arre