merhaba

From Ottoman Turkish مرحبا‎ (merhaba), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا‎ (marḥaban).

• IPA^(key): /mêrxaːba/
• Hyphenation: mer‧ha‧ba

mȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба)

1. (used by Muslims) hello, hi

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا‎ (merhaba, “hello”), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا‎ (marḥaban, “hello, welcome”).

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• 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

merhaba

1. hello, hi

merhaba (definite accusative merhabayı, plural merhabalar)

1. 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!

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

• 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