hello · an initial response when picking up a phone call · a call for response to try and catch someone's attention
çekim: tamlayan Hallos
eş: Gejohle
köken: Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High German holā, emphatic imperative of holōn (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”), from Proto-West Germanic *holōn (“to fetch”). Also see French holà (“hey! stop!”).
aile: aber hallo
Hallo, Sie haben Ihr Gepäck vergessen!
Ich meine, hallo? Was glaubt der eigentlich, wer er ist?
hello (when answering at the beginning of a call) · used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening · hello (as an in-person greeting)
to say, tell · utter, pronounce · to let know, notify, communicate
köken: From Proto-Turkic *āyït- (“to say; ask”), which (as seen in Old Uyghur, Yakut, Chuvash cognates) was originally a causative form of an earlier *āy- (“to say, to tell”). Compare to Tatar әйтү (äytü, “to say”), Kazakh айту (aitu, “to say”), Kyrgyz айтуу (aytuu, “to say”), Southern Altai айдар (aydar, “to say”), Crimean Tatar aytmaq (“to say”), Uzbek aytmoq (“to say”), Uyghur ئېيتماق (ëytmaq, “to…
hello (greeting used when answering the telephone; call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening; also used sarcastically) · come on (used to express disapproval of or exasperation for what someone has said or done)