tespihe

Albanian

Alternative forms

• tespi f or m, tespije

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تسبیح (tesbih).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ihe

Noun

tespihe f pl

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

References

• “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