তসবীহ

Bengali

Alternative forms

তসবি (tosbi)
তসবিহ (tosbih)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَسْبِيح‎ (tasbīḥ) through Persian. Doublet of সুবহান (subhan) and সুবহানাল্লাহ (subhanallah). Cognate with Dongxiang tesibihha, Turkish tespih, Polish tasbih and Swahili tasbihi.

Noun

তসবীহ • (tosbih) (objective তসবীহ (tosbiho) or তসবীহকে (tosbihoke), genitive তসবীহের (tosbiher))

glorification of God
exclamation of tasbih, such as:
সুবহানাল্লাহ ― subhanallah ― Glory be to Allah
prayer beads, misbaha

References

Accessible Dictionary, “তসবি, তসবীহ্‌‌” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “তসবি, তসবিহ, তছবি, তছবিহ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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