مرحبا
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Arabic[edit]
Arabic phrasebook
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Root |
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ر ح ب (r-ḥ-b) |
Etymology[edit]
Related to the verb رَحِبَ (raḥiba, “to be wide”). (The verb رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”) is derived from this term.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)
Descendants[edit]
- Maltese: merħba
- Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)
- → Afar: marcabá
- → Northern Kurdish: merheba
- → Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا
- Turkish: merhaba
- → Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)
- → Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Turkish: merhaba
- → Classical Persian: مرحبا (marḥabâ)
- → Swahili: marahaba
- → Zazaki: merheba
Moroccan Arabic[edit]
Moroccan Arabic phrasebook
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Etymology[edit]
From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
مرحبا • (marḥba)
Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Interjection[edit]
مرحبا • (merḥaba)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: merhaba
- → Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)
- → Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
South Levantine Arabic phrasebook
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Etymology[edit]
From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
مرحبا • (marḥaba)
Usage notes[edit]
- People usually respond to مرحبا (marḥaba) with its dual or plural form:
See also[edit]
- أهلا (ʔahla, “welcome”), أهلا وسهلا (ʔahla w-sahla, “welcome”)
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- Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
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