तबाशीर

Hindi

Etymology

Either inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?] (less likely, due to the presence of ś, instead of s/kh in the term) or borrowed from Classical Persian (tabāšīr, “chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”) (more likely), ultimately from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”, literally “bark milk”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.bɑː.ʃiːɾ/, [t̪ɐ.bäː.ʃiːɾ]

Noun

तबाशीर • (tabāśīr) m (Urdu spelling تباشیر)

tabasheer (substance found in bamboo)
Synonym: बंसलोचन (banslocan)

Declension

Declension of *तबाशीर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	तबाशीर tabāśīr	तबाशीर tabāśīr
oblique	तबाशीर tabāśīr	तबाशीरों tabāśīrõ
vocative	तबाशीर tabāśīr	तबाशीरो tabāśīro

Descendants

→ English: tabasheer, tabacheer, tabachir, tabascheer, tabaschir, tabashir, tabaxir
→ Persian: تباشیر (tabāšīr, “chalk, plaster, clay; bamboo sugar, tabasheer”)
- → Arabic: طَبْشُورَة (ṭabšūra, “chalk”)
- → Ottoman Turkish: تباشیر (tebeşir, “chalk, tabasheer”), تبشیر (tebeşir), թէպէշիր (tebeşir) — Armeno-Turkish
  - > Turkish: tebeşir (inherited)
  - → Albanian: tebeshir
  - → Aromanian: tibishire
  - → Bulgarian: тебеши́р (tebešír)
  - → Greek: τεμπεσίρι (tempesíri)
  - → Romanian: tibișir, tipișăr — rare, obsolete

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “तबाशीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha