tizbî

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪzˈbiː/

Noun

Central Kurdish	تزبێح (tizbêḧ)

tizbî m or f (Arabic spelling تزبي)

1. rosary, prayer beads, chaplet

References

• 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