Etymology

misbaha

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Today it means: A set of Islamic prayer beads. Full definition →

Arabic مِسْبَحَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمِسْبَحَة
  2. English todaymisbaha

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

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