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)

tizbî m or f (Arabic spelling تزبي)

  1. rosary, prayer beads, chaplet

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