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misbaha

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A set of Islamic prayer beads.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa) from سَبَّحَ (sabbaḥa, “to praise, to glorify”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tespih — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Arabic: مِسْبَحَة (misbaḥa) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Arabic: سُبْحَة (subḥa) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Algerian Arabic: مسباح (misbaḥ) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Arabic: سِبحة (subḥa) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Arabic: سبحة (subḥa) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Arabic: تسبيح (tasbiḥ) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Azerbaijani: təsbeh — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Chechen: суьлхнаш (sülxnaš) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • French: misbaha — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • German: Misbaha — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • German: Subha — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Hebrew: מִסְבַּחָה (mísbakha) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Hebrew: סוּבְּחָה (súbkha) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Indonesian: tasbih — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Indonesian: tasbeh — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Korean: 수브하 (subeuha) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Korean: 미스바하 (miseubaha) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Korean: 타스비흐 (taseubiheu) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Central Kurdish: سبحە (sibḧe) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Malay: tasbih — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Malayalam: തസ്ബീഹ് (tasbīhŭ) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Persian: تسبیح (tasbih) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Polish: tasbih — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Russian: субха (subxa) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Russian: мисбаха (misbaxa) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Russian: тасбих (tasbix) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѐспих — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Serbo-Croatian: tèspih — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Somali: tusbax — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Swahili: tasbihi — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Tajik: тасбеҳ (tasbeh) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Turkish: tespih — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Ottoman Turkish: تسبیح (tesbih) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Uzbek: тасбеҳ (tasbeh) — set of Islamic prayer beads
  • Uzbek: tasbeh — set of Islamic prayer beads