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1.       jin
1 posts 		 22 May 2008 Thu 08:43 am

Merhaba Lily hanim



I found out that hanim is wife.

Is it normal to use this phrase when writing to wife or does it have another meanting?


2.       Newbie5
19 posts 		 22 May 2008 Thu 09:09 am

Merhaba Lily hanım: Hello Mrs Lily.

3.       lady in red
6947 posts 		 22 May 2008 Thu 10:28 am

Quoting jin:

Merhaba Lily hanim



I found out that hanim is wife.

Is it normal to use this phrase when writing to wife or does it have another meanting?




Yes it's polite. It's the female version of 'Bey' and the Turks tend to use instead of your surname. Eg in English we would probably refer to 'John and Jane Smith' as Mr and Mrs Smith. In Turkish they would say 'John Bey ve Jane Hanım.

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