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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشش or Turkish bahşiş, from Persian بخشش (baxšeš).
Pronunciation
Noun
бакши́ш • (bakšíš) m
- 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 • (bakšiš) m
- tip (money)
- (rare) present, gift
Declension
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 • (bakšíš) m inan (genitive бакши́ша, nominative plural бакши́ши, genitive plural бакши́шей)
- (dated) tip (money)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎkʃiʃ/
- Hyphenation: бак‧шиш
Noun
ба̀кшиш m (Latin spelling bàkšiš)
- baksheesh
Declension