بخشش

See also: تحسس‎

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bäx.ʃɪʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bäx.ʃɪʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bäx.ʃiʃ]

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
  • → Azerbaijani: bəxşiş
  • → Bengali: বখশিশ (bôkhśiś), বকশিশ (bôkśiś)
  • → Gujarati: બક્ષિશ (bakṣiś), બખશીશ (bakhśīś)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بخشش‎ (bahşiş)
  • → Punjabi: ਬਖਸ਼ (bakhaś), ਬਖਸ਼ਸ਼ (bakhśaś), ਬਖਸ਼ੀਸ਼ (bakhśīś)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բաշխիշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخشش‎ (baxšiš).

Noun

بخشش • (baxšiš) f (Hindi spelling बख़्शिश)

  1. pardon
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