تسبيح
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verbal noun of سَبَّحَ (sabbaḥa) from the root س ب ح (s-b-ḥ).
Noun[edit]
تَسْبِيح • (tasbīḥ) m
- glorification of God
- exclamation of tasbih, such as:
- سبحان الله ― subḥān Allah ― Glory be to Allah
- (colloquial) prayer beads, misbaha
- Synonyms: مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa), سُبْحَة (subḥa)
Descendants[edit]
- Judeo-Arabic: תסביח (tasbīḥ)
- → Azerbaijani: təsbeh
- → Bashkir: тәсбих (täsbix)
- → Persian: تسبیح (tasbih)
- → Polish: tasbih
- → Swahili: tasbihi
- → Tausug: tasbi
- → Ottoman Turkish: تسبیح (tesbih, tespih)
- → Yakan: tasbi