tabasheer

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromतवक्षीर“white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”
2. Classical Persian · derived fromتباشیر“chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”
3. Hindi · borrowed fromतबाशीर
4. English todaytabasheer

Borrowed from Hindi तबाशीर (tabāśīr), which in turn either inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit (less likely, due to the presence of ś, instead of s/kh in the term) or borrowed from Classical Persian تباشیر (tabāšīr, “chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”) (more likely), ultimately derived from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”, literally “bark milk”).