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))
- 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