বকশিশ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• বখশিস (bokhośiś), বখশিশ (bokhośiś), বকশিস (bokśiś)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخشش (baxšiš, “gift, tip, bestowal”), which is ultimately derived from Proto-Iranian *baxšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-. Compare Hindi बख़्शिश (baxśiś).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bokʃiʃ/, [ˈbokʃiʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bokʃiʃ/, [ˈbokʃiʃ]

Noun

বকশিশ • (bokśiś)

1. gift, tip

   Synonyms: উপহার (upohar), উপঢৌকন (upoḍhōukon), তোফা (tōpha), ইনাম (inam)

Related terms

• ভক্ত (bhokto)
• ভগ (bhog)
• ভগবান (bhogban)
• ভাঁজ (bhãj)
• ভাগ (bhag)
• ভাগ্য (bhaggo)
• ভাত (bhat)
• ভিক্ষা (bhikkha)
• ভিক্ষুক (bhikkhuk)