бакшиш

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشش (bahşiş), from Classical Persian بخشش (baxšiš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐkˈʃiʃ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iʃ
  • Syllabification(key): бак‧шиш

Noun

бакши́ш • (bakšíšm

  1. tip, baksheesh (a small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation)
  2. (colloquial) taxi driver

Declension

Declension of бакши́ш
singular plural
indefinite бакши́ш
bakšíš
бакши́ши
bakšíši
definite
(subject form)
бакши́шът
bakšíšǎt
бакши́шите
bakšíšite
definite
(object form)
бакши́ша
bakšíša
count form бакши́ша
bakšíša

References

  • бакшиш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бакшиш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бакшѝш”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 28
  • бакшиш”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 41

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشش (bahşiş), from Classical Persian بخشش (baxšiš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbakʃiʃ]

Noun

бакшиш • (bakšišm

  1. tip (money)
  2. (rare) present, gift

Declension

Declension of бакшиш
singular plural
indefinite бакшиш (bakšiš) бакшиши (bakšiši)
definite unspecified бакшишот (bakšišot) бакшишите (bakšišite)
definite proximal бакшишов (bakšišov) бакшишиве (bakšišive)
definite distal бакшишон (bakšišon) бакшишине (bakšišine)
vocative бакшишу (bakšišu) бакшиши (bakšiši)
count form бакшиша (bakšiša)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bahşiş, from Classical Persian بخشیش (baxšiš, present; an honorary or pecuniary gratuity; drink-money) or بخشش (baxšiš), from بخشیدن (baxšīdan, to give, grant, bestow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐkˈʂɨʂ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨʂ

Noun

бакши́ш • (bakšíšm inan (genitive бакши́ша, nominative plural бакши́ши, genitive plural бакши́шей)

  1. (dated) tip (money)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بخشش (bahşiş), from Classical Persian بخشش (baxšiš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎkʃiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: бак‧шиш

Noun

ба̀кшиш m inan (Latin spelling bàkšiš)

  1. baksheesh

Declension

Further reading

  • бакшиш”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026