baksis

See also: bakšiš

Dutch

Alternative forms

• baksies (dated)

Etymology

From English baksheesh, ultimately from Persian بخشش. Cognate of Sranan Tongo baksis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑk.sis/

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• Hyphenation: bak‧sis

Noun

baksis m or f (uncountable)

1. (Suriname) something that is given free of charge with a purchase, usually more of the same product, by way of a discount
   • ca. 1959, Coen Ooft, Spanhoek‎^[1], Paramaribo: W.L. Salm, page 95:

     Zij vonden samen in het zand een cent, juist enkele ogenblikken vóórdat zo'n jongetje met een tros windmolentjes in onze straat kwam venten. De wet van vraag en aanbod deed zich gelden. Met nóg een cent, die zij van ons kregen, kochten zij twee molentjes en kregen er een bij als baksies.

     Together they found a cent in the sand, precisely seconds before one of those little boys with a bunch of pinwheels came peddling in our street. The law of supply and demand took effect. With another cent, provided by us, they bought two pinwheels and got one more as a discount.

2. (Suriname) encore
   • 2022 August 28, Tascha Aveloo, “Cherwin Muringen knalt tijdens ‘unplugged night’ [Cherwin Muringen on fire during 'unplugged night']”, in De Ware Tijd‎^[2], retrieved 4 October 2023:

     Het publiek geniet van de ene oldskoolhit na de andere: ‘Against All Odds’, ‘Endless Summer Nights’ en hij sluit de spannende set af met de veel aangevraagde ‘Kiss from a Rose’ van Seal waarmee hij in Nederland naam maakte tijdens de Soundmixshow. Als baksis volgt de Suripopklassieker ‘Arki Mi’ van Ricky en Howard Cheng A June.

     The audience relishes one oldschool hit after another: 'Against All Odds', 'Endless Summer Nights', and he rounds off the exciting set with Seal's much requested 'Kiss from a Rose' with which he made a name for himself in the Netherlands on the Soundmixshow. The Suripop classic 'Arki Mi' by Ricky and Howard Cheng A June follows as an encore.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish بخشیش (bahşiş, “tip”), from Persian بخشش (bakhšîš, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkʃiʃ]
• Hyphenation: bak‧sis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

baksis (plural baksisok)

1. baksheesh

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	baksis	baksisok
accusative	baksist	baksisokat
dative	baksisnak	baksisoknak
instrumental	baksissal	baksisokkal
causal-final	baksisért	baksisokért
translative	baksissá	baksisokká
terminative	baksisig	baksisokig
essive-formal	baksisként	baksisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baksisban	baksisokban
superessive	baksison	baksisokon
adessive	baksisnál	baksisoknál
illative	baksisba	baksisokba
sublative	baksisra	baksisokra
allative	baksishoz	baksisokhoz
elative	baksisból	baksisokból
delative	baksisról	baksisokról
ablative	baksistól	baksisoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	baksisé	baksisoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	baksiséi	baksisokéi

Possessive forms of baksis

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	baksisom	baksisaim
2nd person sing.	baksisod	baksisaid
3rd person sing.	baksisa	baksisai
1st person plural	baksisunk	baksisaink
2nd person plural	baksisotok	baksisaitok
3rd person plural	baksisuk	baksisaik

Further reading

• baksis in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• baksis in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bakshis, baksyis (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Malay baksis, from Persian بخشش (bakhšîš, “gift”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaksis/ [ˈbak̚.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -aksis
• Syllabification: bak‧sis

Noun

baksis (colloquial, dialectal)

1. wage, reward

   Synonym: upah

2. tip

   Synonym: persen

Further reading

• “baksis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English baksheesh, ultimately from Persian بخشش. Cognate of Dutch baksis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaksis/, [ˈba̠ksis], [ˈbɑ̟ksis]

Noun

baksis

1. extra amount (as a gift in addition to an amount bought)
2. discount, rebate