tizbî

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic تسبيح (tasbīḥ, glorification of God, prayer beads). Compare Persian تسبیح (tasbih, prayer beads), Turkish tespih.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Central Kurdish تزبێح (tizbêḧ)

tizbî m or f (Arabic spelling تزبي)

  1. rosary, prayer beads, chaplet

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tizbî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 623