қош келдіңіз

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic قوش كەلدىڭىز
Cyrillic қош келдіңіз
Latin qoş keldıñız

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish hoş geldiniz, Azerbaijani xoş gəldiniz (you came well), Kyrgyz кош келипсиз (koş kelipsiz), Uzbek xush kelibsiz (you have come well).

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

Similar to Serbo-Croatian dobrodošli.

Phrase

қош келдіңіз • (qoş keldıñız)

  1. (formal) welcome

See also