بقشيش

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (baxšiš, “gratuity, drink-money”), from (baxšīdan, “to give, grant, bestow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baq.ʃiːʃ/

Noun

بَقْشِيش • (baqšīš) m (plural بَقَاشِيش (baqāšīš))

tip, gratuity, baksheesh

Declension

Declension of noun بَقْشِيش (baqšīš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقْشِيش baqšīš	الْبَقْشِيش al-baqšīš	بَقْشِيش baqšīš
Nominative	بَقْشِيشٌ baqšīšun	الْبَقْشِيشُ al-baqšīšu	بَقْشِيشُ baqšīšu
Accusative	بَقْشِيشًا baqšīšan	الْبَقْشِيشَ al-baqšīša	بَقْشِيشَ baqšīša
Genitive	بَقْشِيشٍ baqšīšin	الْبَقْشِيشِ al-baqšīši	بَقْشِيشِ baqšīši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقْشِيشَيْن baqšīšayn	الْبَقْشِيشَيْن al-baqšīšayn	بَقْشِيشَيْ baqšīšay
Nominative	بَقْشِيشَانِ baqšīšāni	الْبَقْشِيشَانِ al-baqšīšāni	بَقْشِيشَا baqšīšā
Accusative	بَقْشِيشَيْنِ baqšīšayni	الْبَقْشِيشَيْنِ al-baqšīšayni	بَقْشِيشَيْ baqšīšay
Genitive	بَقْشِيشَيْنِ baqšīšayni	الْبَقْشِيشَيْنِ al-baqšīšayni	بَقْشِيشَيْ baqšīšay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَقَاشِيش baqāšīš	الْبَقَاشِيش al-baqāšīš	بَقَاشِيش baqāšīš
Nominative	بَقَاشِيشُ baqāšīšu	الْبَقَاشِيشُ al-baqāšīšu	بَقَاشِيشُ baqāšīšu
Accusative	بَقَاشِيشَ baqāšīša	الْبَقَاشِيشَ al-baqāšīša	بَقَاشِيشَ baqāšīša
Genitive	بَقَاشِيشَ baqāšīša	الْبَقَاشِيشِ al-baqāšīši	بَقَاشِيشِ baqāšīši

Descendants

Maltese: boqxiex