English Explanatory Dictionary

tabasheer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 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.

Word forms

tabasheer tabasheers tabacheer tabachir tabascheer tabaschir tabashir tabaxir

Etymology

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 from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”, literally “bark milk”).

Synonyms

banslochan
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