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)
slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat (of a span of time, or an amount or degree) · used to preface and soften a negative expression · an indirect expression of refusal: well, umm
köken: From ちっと (chitto), itself a geminated emphatic form of ちと (chito), originally composed of ち (chi, “small”, not used in isolation; cognate with the chi in 小さい chīsai) + と (to, adverbial particle). First attested in 1477.
halo (circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon, etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere) · halo (luminous border in a photograph around shiny or reflective objects) · halo (metaphorical aura of glory, veneration, or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity)
eş: tak, słucham? halo, słucham? Słucham?
köken: Internationalism; compare English halo, French halo, German Halo, ultimately from Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs).
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)