well I received an email from a guy who insult my intelligence certainly claiming he is proficient in arabic language and caliming merhaba as an arabic word, so let us see what do you think and please give resources (other then from my own experience) or something like that.
2006-07-10 03:58:20 · 22 answers · asked by Cedarאלי 10452 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
ترحيب
or Marhaba means Welcome in English
2006-07-10 04:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Though merhaba is the Turkish version, it is an Arabic rooted word as "marhaba" originally.
This link is the official site of Turkish Language Association in which there is an online dictionary showing from which language the word derives.
2006-07-10 04:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by Barış K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes we forget the original blessings that came with the common greetings we still use today. It is part of our Orthodox Christian treasure of heritage the real meaning is ( God's Love or God loves you.Marhaba is a word used in the Middle East as “Hello”.
But most people don't know its source
So all who said the origin of the word Marhaba Turkish or Arabic u have to read history :)
2013-10-29 10:11:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this guy should be saying merhaban as that is hello in arabic. rub that in his face for trying to insult your intelligence. although hello seems to be spelt merhaba in arabic there is a diacritic mark above the last "A" that means you add an "N". This mark is 2 little diagonal lines going up from left to right.
2006-07-10 07:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by McMick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Merhaba = Hello, Turkish, www.onlineturkish.com
2006-07-10 04:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by sponggie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marhaba is to praise something or someone and it is originally arabic although in some other muslim countries like Turkey people will use this word in the same context as well.
2006-07-16 01:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by one_faithful_mo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Merhaba is Turkish, and I think Marhaba is Farsi. And Merhaba originated from Marhaba.
2006-07-10 04:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by noor 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's Marhaba which means hello in the written Arabic, it is rarely used in the spoken form though
2006-07-11 00:30:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it is arabic, and it means simply...hello. and the spelling of it doesnt really matter, because it is spelled phonically. so you can spell it merhaba, or marhaba. either is acceptable. so when something is transliterated into english, you may actually see many different ways to spell it.
2006-07-10 04:51:56 · answer #9 · answered by evanlah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marhaba is Arabic indeed. It is used for welcoming people. It is from the root ra-ha-ba which means wide (space). So when you say marhaba to a person you're telling him that you have all the space to accommodate him and he's all welcome.
2006-07-10 07:14:35 · answer #10 · answered by isita 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turkish people say merhaba
2006-07-10 04:07:21 · answer #11 · answered by LONDONER © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋