Tasbeha

T1A1S1B3E1H4A1

noun

A worship service in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, consisting of praises glorifying God taken from the Psalms and other Biblical sources and often chanted with a simple musical accompaniment of cymbals and triangle.

OriginArabic تَسْبِيحَة →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounTasbeha (plural Tasbehas)

plural Tasbehas

  1. A worship service in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, consisting of praises glorifying God taken from the Psalms and other Biblical sources and often chanted with a simple musical accompaniment of cymbals and triangle.

Origin

  1. Arabicتَسْبِيحَة
  2. Arabicتَسْبِيحَة
  3. EnglishTasbeha

Borrowed from Arabic تَسْبِيحَة (tasbīḥa).

More words from Arabic

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Tasbeha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasbeha

MLA

“Tasbeha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasbeha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tasbeha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasbeha.

Source: Tasbeha on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.