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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تسبیح (tesbih).
Pronunciation
Noun
tespihe f pl
- worry beads
- (Islam) misbaha, prayer beads
References
- “tespihe”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980, page 1989a
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “tespi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 477
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “tespí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 514a
- Jungg, G. (1895) “tespì”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct, page 156