tebeşir

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish تباشیر (tebeşir), from Classical Persian تباشیر (tabāšīr, “chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”) (perhaps borrowed from Hindi तबाशीर (tabāśīr, “tabasheer”)), ultimately from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”, literally “bark milk”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tebeʃiɾ/ === Noun === tebeşir (definite accusative tebeşiri, plural tebeşirler) chalk (used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.) ==== Declension ====