طبشورة

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian تباشیر (“chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo”), from Hindustani: tabāśīr (tabasheer; bamboo manna) Urdu تباشیر / Hindi तबाशीर, ultimately from Sanskrit त्वक्षीर (tvakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo”, literally “bark milk”); widely exported by Arabs in the medieval period for medicinal usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤab.ʃuː.ra/

Noun

طَبْشُورَة • (ṭabšūra) f (singulative, collective طَبْشُور m (ṭabšūr), plural طَبَاشِير (ṭabāšīr))

1. a chalk

Declension

Declension of noun طَبْشُورَة (ṭabšūra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَبْشُورَة ṭabšūra	الطَّبْشُورَة aṭ-ṭabšūra	طَبْشُورَة ṭabšūrat
Nominative	طَبْشُورَةٌ ṭabšūratun	الطَّبْشُورَةُ aṭ-ṭabšūratu	طَبْشُورَةُ ṭabšūratu
Accusative	طَبْشُورَةً ṭabšūratan	الطَّبْشُورَةَ aṭ-ṭabšūrata	طَبْشُورَةَ ṭabšūrata
Genitive	طَبْشُورَةٍ ṭabšūratin	الطَّبْشُورَةِ aṭ-ṭabšūrati	طَبْشُورَةِ ṭabšūrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَبْشُورَتَيْن ṭabšūratayn	الطَّبْشُورَتَيْن aṭ-ṭabšūratayn	طَبْشُورَتَيْ ṭabšūratay
Nominative	طَبْشُورَتَانِ ṭabšūratāni	الطَّبْشُورَتَانِ aṭ-ṭabšūratāni	طَبْشُورَتَا ṭabšūratā
Accusative	طَبْشُورَتَيْنِ ṭabšūratayni	الطَّبْشُورَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭabšūratayni	طَبْشُورَتَيْ ṭabšūratay
Genitive	طَبْشُورَتَيْنِ ṭabšūratayni	الطَّبْشُورَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭabšūratayni	طَبْشُورَتَيْ ṭabšūratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَبَاشِير ṭabāšīr	الطَّبَاشِير aṭ-ṭabāšīr	طَبَاشِير ṭabāšīr
Nominative	طَبَاشِيرُ ṭabāšīru	الطَّبَاشِيرُ aṭ-ṭabāšīru	طَبَاشِيرُ ṭabāšīru
Accusative	طَبَاشِيرَ ṭabāšīra	الطَّبَاشِيرَ aṭ-ṭabāšīra	طَبَاشِيرَ ṭabāšīra
Genitive	طَبَاشِيرَ ṭabāšīra	الطَّبَاشِيرِ aṭ-ṭabāšīri	طَبَاشِيرِ ṭabāšīri

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “طبشورة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN