merhaba
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
merhaba (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