bakšiš

See also: baksis

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbakʃɪʃ]

Noun

bakšiš m inan

1. baksheesh (a bribe or tip)

Declension

Declension of bakšiš (soft masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bakšiš	bakšiše
genitive	bakšiše	bakšišů
dative	bakšiši	bakšišům
accusative	bakšiš	bakšiše
vocative	bakšiši	bakšiše
locative	bakšiši	bakšiších
instrumental	bakšišem	bakšiši

Further reading

• “bakšiš”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “bakšiš”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎkʃiʃ/
• Hyphenation: bak‧šiš

Noun

bàkšiš m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀кшиш)

1. tip

Declension

Declension of bakšiš

	singular
nominative	bakšiš
genitive	bakšiša
dative	bakšišu
accusative	bakšiš
vocative	bakšiše
locative	bakšišu
instrumental	bakšišom