مرحبا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ح ب (r-ḥ-b); 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

• IPA^(key): /mar.ħa.ban/
• IPA^(key): /mar.ħa.baː/ (pausa)

Adverb

مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)

1. hello, welcome

Related terms

• رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba, “to welcome”)

Descendants

• Maltese: merħba
• → Hindi: मरहबा (marahbā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا
  • Turkish: merhaba
  • → Bulgarian: мерхаба̀ (merhabà), мараба̀ (marabà)
  • → Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba, ме̏рха̄ба
• → Zazaki: merheba

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Interjection

مرحبا • (merhaba)

1. hello

Descendants

• Turkish: merhaba
• → Bulgarian: мерхаба̀ (merhabà), мараба̀ (marabà)
• → Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
• → Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba, ме̏рха̄ба