mtasbihi

How to say it

Meaning

a plant whose hard seeds are strung together to make Muslim prayer beads, a rosary.

Good to know

mtasbih; (kind of plant, Csr.r.c indica; the seeds are used for Moslem rosa- ries)

Examples

• Mbegu za mtasbihi hutumika kutengeneza tasbihi.The seeds of the mtasbihi plant are used to make prayer beads.
• Mtasbihi huota kwenye ardhi kavu.The mtasbihi plant grows in dry soil.
• Je, mtasbihi huu una mbegu ngumu?Does this mtasbihi plant have hard seeds?