बख़्शी

Hindi

Etymology

• (without a nuqta) बख्शी (bakhśī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخشى (baxśī).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

बख़्शी • (baxśī) m (Urdu spelling بخشى)

1. 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

Descendants

• → English: bukshi

References

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