Meanings
plural tabasheers · alternative tabacheer · alternative tabachir · alternative tabascheer · alternative tabaschir · alternative tabashir · alternative tabaxir
- countableuncountableA translucent white substance, composed mainly of silica and water with traces of lime and potash, obtained from the nodal joints of some species of bamboo and used in traditional Asian medicine.
Synonyms: banslochan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA translucent white substance, composed mainly of silica and water with traces of lime and potash, obtained from the nodal joints of some species of bamboo and used in traditional Asian medicine.
Origin
- Sanskritतवक्षीर“white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”
- Classical Persianتباشیر“chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”
- Hindiतबाशीर
- Englishtabasheer
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”).
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