hoş geldiniz

See also: hoşgeldiniz

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Kazakh қош келдіңіз (qoş keldıñız), Azerbaijani xoş gəldiniz, Kyrgyz кош келипсиз (koş kelipsiz), etc. Literally: “you have come well”.

Possibly a partial loan translation of Persian خوش آمدید (xoš âmadid, welcome).

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

hoş geldiniz

  1. (formal) welcome
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