merhaba
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mêrxaːba/
- Hyphenation: mer‧ha‧ba
Interjection
mȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба)
- (used by Muslims) hello, hi
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba, “hello”), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban, “hello, welcome”).
Pronunciation
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
merhaba
- hello, hi
Noun
merhaba (definite accusative merhabayı, plural merhabalar)
- hi, hello, greeting
- Synonym: selam
- Merhabana merhaba, kardeş!
- Hello to you!
- (literally, “Hello in response to your hello, dude!”)
- Merhabanı istemiyorum!
- I dont' want your hello's!
Derived terms
- merhaba çakmak
- merhaba etmek
- merhabalaşmak
- merhabası olmak
- merhaba siperi
- merhabayı kesmek
- uzaktan merhaba
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Further reading
- merhaba in Turkish dictionaries at 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