tespih

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

tèspih m (Cyrillic spelling тѐспих)

1. (Islam) misbaha (prayer beads)

References

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

Turkish

Alternative forms

• tesbih (misspelling)

Etymology

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

Noun

tespih

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