طبشورة

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian تباشیر (chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo), from Hindi तबाशीर (tabāśīr, tabasheer; bamboo manna), 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): /tˁab.ʃuː.ra/

Noun

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

  1. a chalk

Declension

References

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