tespih
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)
- (Islam) misbaha (prayer beads)
References edit
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 614
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- tesbih (misspelling)
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish تسبیح (tesbih), from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ, “praise, hymn”).
Noun edit
tespih