бакшиш

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word бакшиш. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word бакшиш, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say бакшиш in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word бакшиш you have here. The definition of the word бакшиш will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofбакшиш, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشش or Turkish bahşiş, from Persian بخشش (baxšeš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

бакши́ш (bakšíšm

  1. tip, baksheesh (a small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation)

Declension

References

  • бакшиш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бакшиш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бакшѝш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 28
  • бакшиш”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 41

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (Turkish bahşiş), from Persian بخشش (baxšeš).

Pronunciation

Noun

бакшиш (bakšišm

  1. tip (money)
  2. (rare) present, gift

Declension

Declension of бакшиш
singular plural
indefinite бакшиш (bakšiš) бакшиши (bakšiši)
definite unspecified бакшишот (bakšišot) бакшишите (bakšišite)
definite proximal бакшишов (bakšišov) бакшишиве (bakšišive)
definite distal бакшишон (bakšišon) бакшишине (bakšišine)
vocative бакшишу (bakšišu) бакшиши (bakšiši)
count form бакшиша (bakšiša)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bahşiş, from Persian بخشیش (baxšiš, present; an honorary or pecuniary gratuity; drink-money) or بخشش (baxšeš), from بخشیدن (baxšidan, to give, grant, bestow).

Pronunciation

Noun

бакши́ш (bakšíšm inan (genitive бакши́ша, nominative plural бакши́ши, genitive plural бакши́шей)

  1. (dated) tip (money)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎkʃiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: бак‧шиш

Noun

ба̀кшиш m (Latin spelling bàkšiš)

  1. baksheesh

Declension