baksis

Dutch

Alternative forms

• baksies (dated)

Etymology

From English baksheesh, ultimately from Persian بخشش. Cognate of Sranan Tongo baksis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑk.sis/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: bak‧sis

Noun

baksis m or f (uncountable)

1. (Suriname) something that is given free of charge with a purchase, usually more of the same product, by way of a discount
   • ca. 1959, Coen Ooft, Spanhoek‎, Paramaribo: W.L. Salm, page 95:

     Zij vonden samen in het zand een cent, juist enkele ogenblikken vóórdat zo'n jongetje met een tros windmolentjes in onze straat kwam venten. De wet van vraag en aanbod deed zich gelden. Met nóg een cent, die zij van ons kregen, kochten zij twee molentjes en kregen er een bij als baksies.

     Together they found a cent in the sand, precisely seconds before one of those little boys with a bunch of pinwheels came peddling in our street. The law of supply and demand took effect. With another cent, provided by us, they bought two pinwheels and got one more as a discount.

2. (Suriname) encore
   • 2022 August 28, Tascha Aveloo, “Cherwin Muringen knalt tijdens ‘unplugged night’ [Cherwin Muringen on fire during 'unplugged night']”, in De Ware Tijd‎, retrieved 4 October 2023:

     Het publiek geniet van de ene oldskoolhit na de andere: ‘Against All Odds’, ‘Endless Summer Nights’ en hij sluit de spannende set af met de veel aangevraagde ‘Kiss from a Rose’ van Seal waarmee hij in Nederland naam maakte tijdens de Soundmixshow. Als baksis volgt de Suripopklassieker ‘Arki Mi’ van Ricky en Howard Cheng A June.

     The audience relishes one oldschool hit after another: 'Against All Odds', 'Endless Summer Nights', and he rounds off the exciting set with Seal's much requested 'Kiss from a Rose' with which he made a name for himself in the Netherlands on the Soundmixshow. The Suripop classic 'Arki Mi' by Ricky and Howard Cheng A June follows as an encore.

Hungarian

 baksis on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish بخشیش (bahşiş, “tip”), from Persian بخشش (bakhšîš, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: bak‧sis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

baksis (plural baksisok)

1. baksheesh

Declension

Further reading

• baksis in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• baksis in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay baksis, from Persian بخشش (bakhšîš, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaksɪs/
• Hyphenation: bak‧sis
• Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s

Noun

baksis (plural baksis-baksis, first-person possessive baksisku, second-person possessive baksismu, third-person possessive baksisnya)

1. (colloquial) wage, reward

   Synonym: upah

2. (colloquial) tip

   Synonym: persen

Alternative forms

• bakhsis

References

Further reading

• “baksis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English baksheesh, ultimately from Persian بخشش. Cognate of Dutch baksis.

Noun

baksis

1. extra amount (as a gift in addition to an amount bought)
2. discount, rebate