merhaba

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba), from Arabic مرحبا (marħában), from the root verb رحب (ráħiba, “to be wide”), and رحب (ráħħaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mêrxaːba/
• Hyphenation: mer‧ha‧ba

Interjection

mȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба)

1. (used by Bosnian Muslims) hello

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مرحبا (marħában), from the root verb رحب (ráħiba, “to be wide”), and رحب (ráħħaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”).

Pronunciation

• merhaba

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• IPA: /məɾhaba/, /mɛɾaba/, /məɾhabaː/

Interjection

merhaba

1. hello, hi