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 inan (Cyrillic spelling тѐспих)

1. (Islam) misbaha (prayer beads)

References

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

Turkish

tespih

Alternative forms

• tesbih (misspelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tesˈpih/, /tesˈpiː/
• Hyphenation: tes‧pih

Noun

tespih (definite accusative tespihi, plural tespihler)

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

Declension

Declension of tespih

	singular	plural
nominative	tespih	tespihler
definite accusative	tespihi	tespihleri
dative	tespihe	tespihlere
locative	tespihte	tespihlerde
ablative	tespihten	tespihlerden
genitive	tespihin	tespihlerin

Derived terms

• tespih ağacı
• tespih böceği
• tespih çalısı
• tespih etmek
• tespihçi
• tespihli
• tespihten geçmek

Further reading

• “tespih”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “tespih”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tespih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük