बख़्शी

Hindi

Etymology

(without a nuqta) बख्शी (bakhśī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (baxśī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bəx.ʃiː/, [bɐx.ʃiː], /bəkʰ.ʃiː/, [bɐkʰ.ʃiː]

Noun

बख़्शी • (baxśī) m (Urdu spelling بخشى)

paymaster

Declension

Declension of *बख़्शी* (masc ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शी baxśī
oblique	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियों baxśiyõ
vocative	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियो baxśiyo

Proper noun

बख़्शी • (baxśī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling بخشى)

a surname, Bakhshi or Bakshi, from Persian

Declension

Declension of *बख़्शी* (masc ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शी baxśī
oblique	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियों baxśiyõ
vocative	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियो baxśiyo

Declension of *बख़्शी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियाँ baxśiyā̃
oblique	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियों baxśiyõ
vocative	बख़्शी baxśī	बख़्शियो baxśiyo

Descendants

→ English: bukshi

References

Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “बख़्शी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]