بخشش

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See also: تحسس

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بخشش (“gift, donation, tip”).

Verb

بخشش • (baḵšaš) (imperfect يبخشش (yibaḵšiš))

  1. to tip
    بخششته عشرة درهم.
    baḵšašta ʿašara dirhim.
    I tipped him ten dirhams.
  2. to bribe

References

  • Qafisheh, Hamdi (1997) NTC's Gulf Arabic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, USA: NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (ḤLKWN-šn'), (bhššn' /⁠baxšišn⁠/, “bestowal, distribution”). By surface analysis, بخش (baxš) +‎ ـش (-eš). Akin to Old Armenian բաշխիշ (bašxiš), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? baxšiš
Dari reading? baxšiš
Iranian reading? baxšeš
Tajik reading? baxšiš

Noun

Dari بخشش
Iranian Persian
Tajik бахшиш

بخشش • (baxšeš)

  1. gift, donation
  2. lot, bestowal
  3. bounty, tip, baksheesh
  4. mercy, generosity
  5. forgiveness, pardon

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բաշխիշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 412a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 235
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “baxšišn”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 45b
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 56

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Classical Persian بَخْشِش (baxšiš)bor.
    Urdu بخشش

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بَخْشِش (baxšiš).

    Noun

    بَخْشِش • (baxśiś) f (Hindi spelling बख़्शिश)

    1. pardon
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