tizbî
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic تسبيح (tasbīḥ, “glorification of God, prayer beads”). Compare Persian تسبیح (tasbih, “prayer beads”), Turkish tespih.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Central Kurdish | تزبێح (tizbêḧ) |
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tizbî m or f (Arabic spelling تزبي)
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tizbî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 623