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)

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Compare Serbo-Croatian tespih (“misbaha”), Persian تسبیح‎ (tasbih, “misbaha”).

Noun

tespih

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