merhaba
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba), borrowed from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editmȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба)
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba, “hello”), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban, “hello, welcome”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (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
editmerhaba
Noun
editmerhaba (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
editFurther reading
edit- 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
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