بخش

See also: پخس and تحس

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭧𐭱 (bḥš /⁠baxš⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	b
Dari reading?	b
Iranian reading?	b
Tajik reading?	b

Noun

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

1. lot, part, portion

   Synonym: قسمت (qesmat)

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

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bakh
• → Ottoman Turkish: بخش (bahş)
  • Turkish: bahş

References

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

Verb

بخش • (baxš)

1. present stem form of بخشیدن