مرحبا
Arabic
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| Root |
|---|
| ر ح ب (r-ḥ-b) |
Etymology
Related to the verb رَحِبَ (raḥiba, “to be wide”). (The verb رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”) is derived from this term.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mar.ħa.ban/, (pausa) /mar.ħa.baː/
Interjection
مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)
- hello, welcome
Descendants
- Maltese: merħba
- Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)
- → Afar: marcabá
- → Northern Kurdish: merheba
- → Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا
- Turkish: merhaba
- → Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)
- → Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ме̏рха̄ба
- Latin: mȅrhāba
- Turkish: merhaba
- → Classical Persian: مرحبا (marhabâ)
- Tajik: мерҳабо (merhabo)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)
- Urdu: مرحبا (marhabā)
- → Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)
- → Pashto: مرحبا (marhabā)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)
- Shahmukhi: مرحبا (marhabā)
- → Swahili: marahaba
- → Zazaki: merheba
Moroccan Arabic
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Etymology
From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marħba/
Interjection
مرحبا • (marḥba)
- welcome
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Interjection
مرحبا • (merhaba)
- hello
Descendants
- Turkish: merhaba
- → Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)
- → Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ме̏рха̄ба
- Latin: mȅrhāba
South Levantine Arabic
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Etymology
From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mar.ħa.ba/, [ˈmɑr.ħɑ.bɑ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Interjection
مرحبا • (marḥaba)
- hello
- Synonym: (informal) هلا (hala)
Usage notes
- People usually respond to مرحبا (marḥaba) with its dual or plural form:
- مرحبتين (marḥabtēn, literally “two hellos”)
- مراحب (marāḥeb, literally “many hellos”)
See also
- أهلا (ʔahla, “welcome”), أهلا وسهلا (ʔahla w-sahla, “welcome”)