Arabic

Adverb

مَرْحَبًا • ‎(marḥaban)

1. hello, welcome

Related terms

• رَحَّبَ ‎(raḥḥaba, “to welcome”)

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا
• Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba, ме̏рха̄ба
• Turkish: merhaba

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا ‎(marḥaban).

Interjection

مرحبا • ‎(merhaba)

1. hello

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian: mȅrhāba, ме̏рха̄ба