بخش

See also: پخس and تحس

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭡𐭧𐭱 (baxš), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-; see there for more.

Noun

بخش • (baxš) (plural بخش‌ها (baxš-hâ))

1. lot, part, portion
2. section
3. district
4. fortune
5. bakhsh, a type of administrative division of Iran

Synonyms

• (portion): قسمت (qesmat)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بخش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Verb

1. present stem form of بخشیدن