köken: Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wai (“expression of grief”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), from the verse in Revelation 8:13. Compare English woe, German Weh, Latin vae.
aile: guai, guaire, inguaiare, inguaiarsi
Quivi sospiri, pianti e alti guai risonavan per l'aere sanza stelle, per ch'io al cominciar ne lagrimai.
subitamente gli parve udire un grandissimo pianto, et guai altissimi messi da una donna
[…] in sempiterni guai pianga tua stirpe a tutto il mondo oscura
trouble, bother (difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation) · nuisance, pain (person causing annoyance or inconvenience)
çekim: çoğul μπελάδες · tamlayan μπελά
köken: From Ottoman Turkish بلا (belâ), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).
being in dire straits, being hard put to it · the four and eight kinds of suffering
çekim: geçmiş 四苦八苦した
köken: Compound of 四苦 (shiku, “the four kinds of suffering”) + 八苦 (hakku, “the eight kinds of suffering”). Specifically, in Buddhism, the four kinds of suffering refers to the suffering of birth, old age, disease and death. The eight kinds of suffering refers to the previous four and parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks and pains of the five skandha.
trouble, matter, problem · battle, combat, fight, duel · ill, trouble, condition, complaint (a certain abnormal state of health)
çekim: çoğul bajok
köken: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian boj (“battle”).
aile: bajlódik, bajos, a baj nem jár egyedül, annyi baj legyen, bajba jut, kerül, keveredik, bajban ismerszik meg a jó barát, ellátja a baját, bajvívás
need, want · trouble, toil, hardship · distress, tribulation, calamity
çekim: çoğul aerumnae · tamlayan aerumnae
köken: Unknown. Two explanations have been proposed: as a loan from Greek αἰρομένη (airoménē), and as having been borrowed from an Etruscan source; De Vaan (2008) points out that connection with αἰρομένη (airoménē) – the feminine middle/passive participle of αἴρω (aírō), in turn the contracted form of ἀείρω (aeírō) – is problematic, as there is no example in Greek of the use of the feminine form of this…