tebeşir

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تباشیر (tebeşir), from Classical Persian تباشیر (tabāšīr, “chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”) (perhaps borrowed from Hindi तबाशीर (tabāśīr, “tabasheer”)), ultimately from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”, literally “bark milk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tebeʃiɾ/

Noun

tebeşir (definite accusative tebeşiri, plural tebeşirler)

  1. chalk (used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.)

Declension

Declension of tebeşir
singular plural
nominative tebeşir tebeşirler
definite accusative tebeşiri tebeşirleri
dative tebeşire tebeşirlere
locative tebeşirde tebeşirlerde
ablative tebeşirden tebeşirlerden
genitive tebeşirin tebeşirlerin
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