Apr 15, 2009 20:56
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Hungarian term

Üdv

Non-PRO Hungarian to English Other Folklore
Is this word used for "hello" in Hungarian? If not, what does it mean?
thanks!
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Apr 15, 2009 21:47: Zsuzsa Berenyi changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Non-PRO (3): Attila Piróth, Lingua.Franca, Zsuzsa Berenyi

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Discussion

Lingua.Franca Apr 15, 2009:
Thanks Katalin :-) Köszönöm!

Üdv,
Tamás
Katalin Horváth McClure Apr 15, 2009:
Request Clarification and Discussion areas merged http://www.proz.com/forum/kudoz/132685-clarification_and_dis...
Lingua.Franca Apr 15, 2009:
where is the request clarification box? context would help, but Üdv is used all the time as a greeting, quite informal.

Proposed translations

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greetings

It is an less used version of "hello" , literally meaning "greetings" as in "Udv neked"=I greet you, or Udvozlom but at a formal level. But still can be used today. However the modern version of saying hello would be "Szia" or "helo"but strictly at an informal level.
üdvözöl = greet, welcome, hail

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-04-15 21:17:17 GMT)
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Sorry, I didn't mean it is really less used, but I still think "Szia" is the most informally used version for Hello.
Reference:

http://finnhun.com

Peer comment(s):

agree Tradeuro Language Services
3 days 13 hrs
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Regards

We could say, it means hello, but I'd rather translate it as Regards. This is how we end a semi-formal letter. But at times, in slang, we can use it as a greeting, hence hello is fine.
Peer comment(s):

agree hollowman (X)
7 hrs
Köszönöm.
agree Hungary GMK
9 hrs
Köszönöm.
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15 mins

Regards / Hail

If it is used at the closing of a letter, it stands for "Regards", but if it is in the beginning of an archaic document, like "Üdv nektek Székesfehérvár polgárai!", it stands for "Hail, ye, citizens of Alba Regia".
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabrielle Weatherhead
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agree Gizella Katalin Abrudan
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