তসবীহ

Bengali

Alternative forms

তসবি (tosbi)
তসবিহ (tosbih)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tasbīh), from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ). Doublet of সুবহান (śubohan) and সুবহানাল্লাহ (śub'hanallah). Cognate with Hindustani تسبیح / तसबीह (tasbīh), Turkish tespih.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /t̪osbi/, [ˈt̪osbiˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /t̪osbi/, [ˈt̪osbiˑ]

Noun

তসবীহ • (tosbiho) (objective তসবীহ (tosbiho) or তসবীহকে (tosbihoke), genitive তসবীহের (tosbiher)) (Islam)

tasbih (verbal glorification of God)
1. exclamation of tasbih
  সুবহানাল্লাহ
  subhanallah
  Glory be to Allah
2. prayer beads, misbaha

References

Accessible Dictionary, “তসবি, তসবীহ্‌‌” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “তসবি, তসবিহ, তছবি, তছবিহ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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