peshcush

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پیشکش

Noun

peshcush (countable and uncountable, plural peshcushes)

1. (India, obsolete) An offering or tribute.

Alternative forms

• peshcash, peshkash, peshkush, peskash, pishcash, pishcush, pishkash, piscash, piskash

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “peshcush”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].: "an offering or tribute, but with many specific and technical senses which will be found in Wilson, e.g. a fine on appointment, renewal, or investiture; a quit-rent, a payment exacted on lands formerly rent-free, or in substitution for service no longer exacted; sometimes a present to a great man, or (loosely) for the ordinary Government demand on land."