مرحبا

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Arabic

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Root
ر ح ب (r ḥ b)
3 terms

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)

  1. hello, welcome

Descendants

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ر ح ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Pronunciation

Interjection

مرحبا • (marḥaba)

  1. welcome
  2. hello

Inflection

Inflected forms of مرحبا
Base form مرحبا (marḥaba)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms 		singular plural
m f
1st person مرحبا بي (marḥabā bi) مرحبا بنا (marḥabā bana)
2nd person مرحبا بَك (marḥabā bak) مرحبا بِك (marḥabā bik) مرحبا بكم (marḥabā bakum)
3rd person مرحبا بُه (marḥabā bu) مرحبا بها (marḥabā baha) مرحبا بهم (marḥabā bahum)

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Pronunciation

Interjection

مرحبا • (marḥba)

  1. welcome

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Interjection

مرحبا • (merḥaba)

  1. hello

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? marhaḇā
Dari reading? marhabā
Iranian reading? marhabâ
Tajik reading? marhabo

Interjection

Dari مرحبا
Iranian Persian
Tajik марҳабо

مرحبا • (marhabâ)

  1. bravo, good job
    Synonyms: آفرین (âfarin), بارک الله (bârek allâh), ماشا الله (mâšâllâh)
  2. (archaic) hello, welcome
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 186:
      سلیمی را برآمد جان پی یک مرحبا وز ناز
      نکرد آن سنگدل با دردمندان مرحبا هرگز
      salīmī rā bar-āmad jān pa-yi yak marhabā w-az nāz
      na-kard ān sangdil bā dardmandān marhabā hargiz
      Selim's soul came forth for the sake of a single hello, and out of coquettishness
      That hard-hearted one never said a hello to those in pain .
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.ħa.ba/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Interjection

مرحبا • (marḥaba)

  1. hello
    Synonym: (informal) هلا (hala)

Usage notes

  • People usually respond to مرحبا (marḥaba) with its dual or plural form:

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