তসবীহ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• তসবি (tosbi)
• তসবিহ (tosbih)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تسبیح (tasbīh), from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ). Doublet of সুবহান (śubohan) and সুবহানাল্লাহ (śub'hanallah). Cognate with Hindustani تسبیح / तसबीह (tasbīh), Turkish tespih.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪osbi/, [ˈt̪osbiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪osbi/, [ˈt̪osbiˑ]

Noun

তসবীহ • (tosbiho) (objective তসবীহ (tosbiho) or তসবীহকে (tosbihoke), genitive তসবীহের (tosbiher)) (Islam)

1. tasbih (verbal glorification of God)
   1. exclamation of tasbih

      সুবহানাল্লাহ

      subhanallah

      Glory be to Allah

   2. prayer beads, misbaha

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “তসবি, তসবীহ্‌‌” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “তসবি, তসবিহ, তছবি, তছবিহ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh