بخشش

See also: تحسس

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بخشش (gift, donation, tip).

Verb

بخشش • (baḵšaš) (imperfect يبخشش (yibaḵšiš))

  1. to tip
    بخششته عشرة درهم.baḵšašta ʿašara dirhim.I tipped him ten dirhams.
  2. to bribe

References

  • Qafisheh, Hamdi (1997) NTC's Gulf Arabic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, USA: NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • بخشیش (bahşiş)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخشش (baxšiš, gift, donation; lot bestowal).

Noun

بخشش • (bahşiş) (definite accusative بخششی (bahşişi), plural بخششلر (bahşişler))

  1. gift, present, boon, something given to another voluntarily, without charge
    Synonyms: آرمغان (armağan), هبه (hibe), هدیه (hediye)
  2. tip, a small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
  3. baksheesh, a bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount

Derived terms

  • بخشش آلمق (bahşiş almak, to receive a tip or baksheesh)
  • بخشش ویرمك (bahşiş vermek, to tip; to baksheesh)

Descendants

  • Turkish: bahşiş
  • Albanian: bakshish
  • Armenian: պախշիշ (paxšiš), պա̈շխիշ (päšxiš), պախշըշ (paxšəš)
  • Bulgarian: бакшиш (bakšiš)
  • Czech: bakšiš
  • English: baksheesh
  • French: bakchich
  • German: Bakschisch
  • Greek: μπαξίσι (baxísi)
  • Hungarian: baksis
  • Ladino: bahshish, bakshish
  • Macedonian: бакшиш (bakšiš)
  • Polish: bakszysz
  • Romanian: bacșiș
  • Russian: бакшиш (bakšiš)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ба̀кшиш
    Latin script: bàkšiš
  • Ukrainian: бакшиш (bakšyš)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ḤLKWN-šn'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (bhššn' /⁠baxšišn⁠/, bestowal, distribution). By surface analysis, بخش (baxš) +‎ ـش (-eš). Akin to Old Armenian բաշխիշ (bašxiš), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? baxšiš
Dari reading? baxšiš
Iranian reading? baxšeš
Tajik reading? baxšiš

Noun

Dari بخشش
Iranian Persian
Tajik бахшиш

بخشش • (baxšeš)

  1. gift, donation
  2. lot, bestowal
  3. bounty, tip, baksheesh
  4. mercy, generosity
  5. forgiveness, pardon

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բաշխիշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 412a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 235
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “baxšišn”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 45b
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 56

Urdu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بَخْشِش (baxšiš).

    Noun

    بَخْشِش • (baxśiśf (Hindi spelling बख़्शिश)

    1. pardon