तबाशीर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

तबाशीर • (tabāśīr) m (Urdu spelling تباشیر)

1. 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

• Hindi: तबाशीर (tabāśīr, “tabasheer”)
  • → English: tabasheer
• → Persian: تباشیر (tebâšir, “chalk, plaster, clay; bamboo sugar”)
  • → Arabic: طَبْشُورَة (ṭabšūra, “chalk”)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تباشیر (tebeşir, “chalk”)
    • → Greek: τεμπεσίρι (tempesíri, “chalk; act of buying on credit”)
    • → Romanian: tibișir (“chalk for writing”)

References

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