বকশিশ

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • বখশিস (bôkhśis), বখশিশ (bôkhśiś), বকশিস (bôkśis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بخشش‎ (“gift, tip, bestowal”), which is ultimately from Proto-Iranian *baxšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakšás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-. Doublet of ভগ (bhog), ভাগ (bhag), ভাগ্য (bhaggo), ভগবান (bhogban), ভক্ত (bhokto), ভাত (bhat), ভাজ (bhaj), ভিক্ষা (bhikkha), and ভিক্ষুক (bhikkhuk).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bok.ʃiʃ/

Noun

বকশিশ • (bôkśiś)

  1. gift, tip
    Synonyms: উপহার (upohar), উপঢৌকন (upôḍhoukôn), তোফা (tōpha), ইনাম (inam)
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