merhaba

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba), borrowed from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêrxaːba/
• Hyphenation: mer‧ha‧ba

Interjection

mȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба)

1. (Islam) hello, hi

Turkish

Etymology

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Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban)bor.

Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba)

Turkish merhaba

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba, “hello”), borrowed from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Pronunciation

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• 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

merhaba

1. hello, hi

   Synonyms: selam, esenlikler

Noun

merhaba (definite accusative merhabayı, plural merhabalar)

1. 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

• merhaba çakmak
• merhaba etmek
• merhaba siperi
• merhabalaşmak
• merhabası olmak
• merhabayı kesmek
• uzaktan merhaba

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• “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