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 animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling тѐспих)

  1. (Islam) misbaha (prayer beads)

References

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

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

tespih

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