How to say "tip, gratuity (Arabic, ultimately Persian) → tip, small bribe (Israeli Hebrew)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningtip, gratuity (Arabic, ultimately Persian) → tip, small bribe (Israeli Hebrew)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَقْشِيش
baqshīshבקשיש
بقشيش
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בקשיש
bakshishبَاكْشِيش
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
A loan twice over, like this app's own דוגרי: Persian bakhshesh, 'gift', entered Arabic and traveled the Ottoman world from there, landing in Hebrew as informal vocabulary for a tip — or a small bribe to grease things along.
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In a phrase
أَعْطَاهُ بَقْشِيش
aʿṭāhu baqshīshאעטאה בקשישhe gave him a tip
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