बख़्शिश بَخْشِش ♣ Eng. -phagous

बख़्शिश بَخْشِش ♣ Eng. -phagous

[baxʃiʃ], f. a tip, gift.

[←New Pers. baxšiš ‘a gift, a present’ <baxš-, baxšīdan v. ‘to give, grant, bestow’ ◄Middle Pers. baxš-, baxtan v. ‘to distribute’; baxt ‘luck, fate’ ◄Old Pers. bāǰi- m ‘tribute, tax’] ♣[Young Avestan bažat̰ 3sg.pres.inj.act. ‘to distribute’; baxta- ppp. ‘allotted; allotment’; baxtar- m ‘distributor’ ◄Old Avestan baxštā 3sg.aor.inj.med. ‘to enjoy, partake’, baxṣ̌aitī 3sg.aor.subj.] ♣[OIA bhakṣá- m. ʻeating, foodʼ RV. <√bhakṣ ‘eat’ <√bhaj ‘impart, possess, enjoy’]

▲[PIE *bhag- ‘to divide, apportion’] (LRC),(AHD)▼

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☞ (Platts, 1884) 0138; (Turner, 1966) 9340, p.530, p.532; (MW, 1899) 0742, 0743; (Pokorny, 1959) 0107; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.239, 2.241; (MacKenzie, 1971) 017; (Horn, 1893) 0186