Merhaba

Jean-François Colson wrote:

>Trebor Jung wrote:
>
>
>
>>PS: Is Turkish (and Arabic) <merhaba> 'hello/hi' related in any way to the
>>Maltese <merhba> 'Welcome!'?
>>
>>
>
>I wouldn't be surprised. Isn't Maltese an Arabic dialect?
>
>
Not dialect, per se.  A closely related language, certainly.(Malta has
an army and a navy, remember, if only a small one)