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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشیش (bahşiş, “tip”), from Persian بخشش (bakhšîš, “gift”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bakšiš m inan
- baksheesh (a bribe or tip)
Declension
Declension of bakšiš (soft masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- bakšiš in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bakšiš in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشیش (bahşiş, “tip”), from Persian بخشش (bakhšîš, “gift”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎkʃiʃ/
- Hyphenation: bak‧šiš
Noun
bàkšiš m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀кшиш)
- tip
Declension