বকশিশ

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • বখশিস (bokhośiś), বখশিশ (bokhośiś), বকশিস (bokśiś)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَخْشِش (baxšiš, “gift, tip, bestowal”). Compare Hindi बख़्शिश (baxśiś).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bokʃiʃ/, [ˈbokʃiʃ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bokʃiʃ/, [ˈbokʃiʃ]

Noun

বকশিশ • (bokśiś)

  1. gift, tip
    Synonyms: উপহার (upohar), উপঢৌকন (upoḍhōukon), তোফা (tōpha), ইনাম (inam)
Bengali terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂g- (0 c, 6 e)
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