مرحبا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ح ب‎ (r-ḥ-b); 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/
IPA^(key): /mar.ħa.baː/ (pausa)

Adverb

مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)

hello, welcome

Related terms

رَحَّبَ‎ (raḥḥaba, “to welcome”)

Descendants

Maltese: merħba
Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا‎
Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba, ме̏рха̄ба
Turkish: merhaba

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “رحب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا‎ (marḥaban).

Interjection

مرحبا • (merhaba)

hello

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba, ме̏рха̄ба

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