Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تسبیح (tesbih).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tespihe f pl

  1. worry beads
  2. (Islam) misbaha, prayer beads

References

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  • “tespihe”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1989a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “tespi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 477
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “tespí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 514a
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “tespì”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 156