"مرحبا" meaning in Arabic

See مرحبا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /mar.ħa.ban/, /mar.ħa.baː/ Forms: مَرْحَبًا [canonical], marḥaban [romanization]
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.) Head templates: {{ar-interj|مَرْحَبًا}} مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)
  1. hello, welcome
    Sense id: en-مرحبا-ar-intj-9F7kRl99 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic greetings, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "merħba"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: merħba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: merħba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ary",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "tr": "marḥba"
          },
          "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aa",
            "2": "marcabá",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Afar: marcabá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Afar: marcabá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "merheba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: merheba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: merheba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا, մէրհապա (merhaba), մէրհապէն (merhaben) — Armeno-Turkish\nTurkish: merhaba\n→ Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)\n→ Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ме̏рха̄ба\nLatin script: mȅrhāba",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا, մէրհապա (merhaba), մէրհապէն (merhaben) — Armeno-Turkish\nTurkish: merhaba\n→ Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)\n→ Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ме̏рха̄ба\nLatin script: mȅrhāba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "merhaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: merhaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: merhaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "مَرْحَبَا",
            "3": "مَرْحَبًا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā), مَرْحَبًا (marhaban)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā), مَرْحَبًا (marhaban)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "марҳабо",
            "qq": "rare, archaic"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: марҳабо (marhabo) (rare, archaic)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: марҳабо (marhabo) (rare, archaic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "मरहबा",
            "tr": "marhabā"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "مَرْحَبَا"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "মরহাবা",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "môrhaba"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "marḥabā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: مرحبا (marḥabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: مرحبا (marḥabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਮਰਹਬਾ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "marhabā"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "marḥabā"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: مرحبا (marḥabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: مرحبا (marḥabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "marahaba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: marahaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: marahaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "merheba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zazaki: merheba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zazaki: merheba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb رَحِبَ (raḥiba, “to be wide”). (The verb رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”) is derived from this term.)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مَرْحَبًا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marḥaban",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "مَرْحَبًا"
      },
      "expansion": "مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)",
      "name": "ar-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic greetings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hello, welcome"
      ],
      "id": "en-مرحبا-ar-intj-9F7kRl99",
      "links": [
        [
          "hello",
          "hello"
        ],
        [
          "welcome",
          "welcome"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mar.ħa.ban/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mar.ħa.baː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "مرحبا"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "merħba"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: merħba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: merħba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ary",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "tr": "marḥba"
          },
          "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "aa",
            "2": "marcabá",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Afar: marcabá",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Afar: marcabá"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "merheba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: merheba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: merheba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا, մէրհապա (merhaba), մէրհապէն (merhaben) — Armeno-Turkish\nTurkish: merhaba\n→ Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)\n→ Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ме̏рха̄ба\nLatin script: mȅrhāba",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا, մէրհապա (merhaba), մէրհապէն (merhaben) — Armeno-Turkish\nTurkish: merhaba\n→ Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)\n→ Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: ме̏рха̄ба\nLatin script: mȅrhāba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "merhaba"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: merhaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: merhaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "مَرْحَبَا",
            "3": "مَرْحَبًا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā), مَرْحَبًا (marhaban)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā), مَرْحَبًا (marhaban)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "марҳабо",
            "qq": "rare, archaic"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: марҳабо (marhabo) (rare, archaic)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: марҳабо (marhabo) (rare, archaic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "मरहबा",
            "tr": "marhabā"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "مَرْحَبَا"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "মরহাবা",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "môrhaba"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "marḥabā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: مرحبا (marḥabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: مرحبا (marḥabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਮਰਹਬਾ",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "marhabā"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "مرحبا",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "marḥabā"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: مرحبا (marḥabā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: مرحبا (marḥabā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sw",
            "2": "marahaba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swahili: marahaba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swahili: marahaba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "merheba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zazaki: merheba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zazaki: merheba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to the verb رَحِبَ (raḥiba, “to be wide”). (The verb رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”) is derived from this term.)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "مَرْحَبًا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marḥaban",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "مَرْحَبًا"
      },
      "expansion": "مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)",
      "name": "ar-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic 3-syllable words",
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic greetings",
        "Arabic interjections",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hello, welcome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hello",
          "hello"
        ],
        [
          "welcome",
          "welcome"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mar.ħa.ban/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mar.ħa.baː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "مرحبا"
}

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