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))
- a chalk
Declension
| 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