merhaba
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Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]mȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba, “hello”), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban, “hello, welcome”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - IPA(key): (interjection) /ˈmæɾ.ha.baː/, (noun) /ˈmæɾ.ha.ba/, (in fast speech, interjection and noun) /ˈme.ɾa.ba/, (in fast speech, interjection) /ˈme.ɾa.baː/
- Hyphenation: mer‧ha‧ba
Interjection
[edit]merhaba
Noun
[edit]merhaba (definite accusative merhabayı, plural merhabalar)
- hi, hello, greeting
- Synonym: selam
- Merhaba, size nasıl yardımcı olabilirim?
- Hello, how can I help you?
- Merhabanı istemiyorum!
- I don't want your hello's!
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “merhaba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “merhaba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “merhaba”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merhaba”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3087
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