tabasheer
UK/təˈbɑː.ʃɪə/
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India/ˈt̪ə.bɑː.ˈʃiːɾ/
tabasheer noun: 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.
Noun
tabasheer (countable and uncountable, plural tabasheers)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- banslochan
tabasheer meaning in Hindi and Tamil
tabasheer in Hindi
- tabasheer
- तबाशीर tabāśīr
tabasheer in Tamil
- வேய்மணி
Synonyms of tabasheer
Forms of tabasheer
| plural | tabasheers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tabacheer |
| alternative form | tabachir |
| alternative form | tabascheer |
| alternative form | tabaschir |
| alternative form | tabashir |
| alternative form | tabaxir |
Origin of tabasheer
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”).
Words that rhyme with tabasheer
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about tabasheer
- What does tabasheer mean?
- Tabasheer means 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.
- What is tabasheer in Hindi?
- Tabasheer in Hindi is तबाशीर (tabāśīr). See Tabasheer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tabasheer?
- Tabasheer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tabasheer?
- Tabasheer is pronounced /təˈbɑː.ʃɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tabasheer?
- The plural of tabasheer is tabasheers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tabasheer (page history and authors); तबाशीर (Hindi) (page history and authors); tabasheer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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