Also tekbir. [Arab. tekbīr ‘to magnify, proclaim the greatness of’; inf. of 2nd form of kabura to be great.] See quot. 1708.
1708. Ockley, Saracens, 111. The poor Christians, assoon as ever they heard the Tecbîr, (so the Arabs call the crying out Alláh Acbar [‘God is greater’]) were sensible that the City was lost.
1823. Mrs. Hemans, Siege Valencia, vi. The Moor is on his way! With the tambour-peal and the tecbir-shout.
1904. J. Parkinson, Lays Love & War, 44. Shout the tekbir loud and long: On! swords of Islam.
