tespih

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تسبیح (tesbih), from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ, praise, hymn).

Compare Turkish tespih (misbaha), Persian تسبیح (tasbih, misbaha).

Noun[edit]

tèspih m (Cyrillic spelling тѐспих)

  1. (Islam) misbaha (prayer beads)

References[edit]

  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 614

Turkish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish تسبیح (tesbih), from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ, praise, hymn).

Noun[edit]

tespih

  1. (Islam) misbaha (prayer beads)
  2. rosary