The story
- Persian · derived fromبخشیش“present; an honorary or pecuniary gratuity; drink-money”
- Turkish · derived frombahşiş
- English todaybaksheesh
From Turkish bahşiş, from Persian بخشیش (baxšiš, “present; an honorary or pecuniary gratuity; drink-money”) or بخشش (baxšeš), from بخشیدن (baxšidan, “to give, grant, bestow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.