بخشيش

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بَخْشِش (baxšeš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bax.ʃiːʃ/

Noun

بَخْشِيش • (baḵšīš) m (plural بَخَاشِيش (baḵāšīš))

1. tip, gratuity
2. gift
3. bribe
4. pin money (spending money given by a man to his wife)

Declension

Declension of noun بَخْشِيش (baḵšīš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَخْشِيش baḵšīš	الْبَخْشِيش al-baḵšīš	بَخْشِيش baḵšīš
Nominative	بَخْشِيشٌ baḵšīšun	الْبَخْشِيشُ al-baḵšīšu	بَخْشِيشُ baḵšīšu
Accusative	بَخْشِيشًا baḵšīšan	الْبَخْشِيشَ al-baḵšīša	بَخْشِيشَ baḵšīša
Genitive	بَخْشِيشٍ baḵšīšin	الْبَخْشِيشِ al-baḵšīši	بَخْشِيشِ baḵšīši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَخْشِيشَيْن baḵšīšayn	الْبَخْشِيشَيْن al-baḵšīšayn	بَخْشِيشَيْ baḵšīšay
Nominative	بَخْشِيشَانِ baḵšīšāni	الْبَخْشِيشَانِ al-baḵšīšāni	بَخْشِيشَا baḵšīšā
Accusative	بَخْشِيشَيْنِ baḵšīšayni	الْبَخْشِيشَيْنِ al-baḵšīšayni	بَخْشِيشَيْ baḵšīšay
Genitive	بَخْشِيشَيْنِ baḵšīšayni	الْبَخْشِيشَيْنِ al-baḵšīšayni	بَخْشِيشَيْ baḵšīšay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَخَاشِيش baḵāšīš	الْبَخَاشِيش al-baḵāšīš	بَخَاشِيش baḵāšīš
Nominative	بَخَاشِيشُ baḵāšīšu	الْبَخَاشِيشُ al-baḵāšīšu	بَخَاشِيشُ baḵāšīšu
Accusative	بَخَاشِيشَ baḵāšīša	الْبَخَاشِيشَ al-baḵāšīša	بَخَاشِيشَ baḵāšīša
Genitive	بَخَاشِيشَ baḵāšīša	الْبَخَاشِيشِ al-baḵāšīši	بَخَاشِيشِ baḵāšīši

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بخشيش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen