merhaba

== Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba), borrowed from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mêrxaːba/ Hyphenation: mer‧ha‧ba === Interjection === mȅrhāba (Cyrillic spelling ме̏рха̄ба) (Islam) hello, hi == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرحبا (merhaba, “hello”), from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban, “hello, welcome”). === Pronunciation === 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 Synonyms: selam, esenlikler === Noun === merhaba (definite accusative merhabayı, plural merhabalar) hi, hello, greeting Synonym: selam ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN “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