مرحبا
Arabic
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| Root |
|---|
| ر ح ب (r-ḥ-b) |
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/
Descendants
- Maltese: merħba
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Afar: marcabá
- → Northern Kurdish: merheba
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Turkish: merhaba
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Tajik: мерҳабо (merhabo)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Swahili: marahaba
- → Zazaki: merheba
Hijazi Arabic
Hijazi Arabic phrasebook
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| Root |
|---|
| ر ح ب |
| 1 term |
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mar.ħa.ba/
Inflection
| Inflected forms of مرحبا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | ||||
| 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
Moroccan Arabic phrasebook
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Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marħba/
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
South Levantine Arabic
South Levantine Arabic phrasebook
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Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mar.ħa.ba/, [ˈmɑr.ħɑ.bɑ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Usage notes
- People usually respond to Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) with its dual or plural form:
- مرحبتين (marḥabtēn, literally “two hellos”)
- مراحب (marāḥeb, literally “many hellos”)
See also
- أهلا (ʔahla, “welcome”), أهلا وسهلا (ʔahla w-sahla, “welcome”)
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