بخش

See also: پخس and تحس

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭧𐭱 (bḥš /⁠baxš⁠/), equivalent to the present stem of the verb [script needed] (bhtn' /⁠baxtan⁠/, “to distribute; to allot”), from Proto-Iranian *baxšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰakšás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baxʃ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäxʃ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäxʃ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäxʃ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæxʃ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäχʃ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	baxš
Dari reading^?	baxš
Iranian reading^?	baxš
Tajik reading^?	baxš

Noun


Iranian Persian	بخش
Dari	بخش
Tajik	бахш

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

lot; part; portion; section
Synonym: قسمت (qesmat)

― baxš-hâ-ye maqâle ― the sections of an article

― baxš-e andaki ― a small portion
1. sector, division (of an organization)
  ― baxš-e xosusi ― private sector
2. ward (of a hospital)
3. administrative district; ward
  1. bakhsh, a type of administrative division of Iran
lot (in life); fortune

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: bəxş
→ Bengali: বখশ (bokhś)
→ Chagatai: بخش
- Uzbek: baxsh
→ Indonesian: bakh
→ Ottoman Turkish: بخش (bahş)
- Turkish: bahş
→ Punjabi: بَخش (baxś)
→ Urdu: بَخش

Verb

بخش • (baxš)

present stem form of (baxšidan)

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (baxš).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəxʃ/

Noun

بَخْش • (baxš) m (Hindi spelling बख़्श)

(suffix) share, lot, allotment, part, portion
food distributed in celebrations
allowance, pay, donation, gift

References

“بخش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“بخش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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