hoş geldiniz

See also: hoşgeldiniz

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Kazakh қош келдіңіз (qoş keldıñız), Azerbaijani xoş gəldiniz (“you came well”), Kyrgyz кош келипсиз (koş kelipsiz), Uzbek xush kelibsiz (“you have come well”).

Possibly a partial calque of Classical Persian خْوَشْ آمَدید (xwaš āmadēd, “welcome”), compare with Iranian Persian خوش آمَدید (xoš âmadid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoʃ ɡeldiniz/
  • Hyphenation: hoş gel‧din‧iz

Interjection

hoş geldiniz

  1. (formal or plural) welcome
    Coordinate term: (informal, to one person) hoş geldin
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