bakhshin.

Brit.

/ˈbʌkʃi/,

/ˈbʌxʃi/, U.S.

/ˈbəkʃi/

Forms: 1600s bakchis (singular), 1600s–1700s buxy, 1700s backshee, 1700s buxey, 1700s buchshy, 1700s buxie, 1700s–1800s bukshi, 1800s bakshi, 1800s bucktshy, 1800s bukshee, 1800s buxee, 1800s– bakhshi, 1800s– buckshee (now rare).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu baḵšī, Persian baḵšī.

Etymology: < (i) Urdu baḵšī, and its etymon (ii) Persian baḵšī giver, paymaster < baḵš- , stem of baḵšīdan to give (see baksheesh n.) + -ī, suffix forming nouns.The form bakchis is after French †bakchis (singular, with silent -s), in the same sense (1670).

An officer responsible for military administration under the Mughals. Now historical.Bakhshi is often glossed as ‘paymaster’. However, the responsibilities of the bakhshis were broader than just dispensing pay and involved other administrative tasks such as record-keeping and inspections.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > paymaster

paymaster1537

bakhshi1615

1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 18 Nov. in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 93 He willingly granted and gaue present order to the Buxy to drawe a firma.

1787 App. India Courier Extraordinary V. 46 A present that had been offered to Cheyte Sing's Buxey.

1804 Duke of Wellington Let. 9 Mar. in Dispatches (1837) III. 133 The importance of his situation of buckshee of the Rajahs troops.

1861 Major McMullen Memorandum on Dhar in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) 104/2 Several of the witnesses deposed to this effect; amongst these the Bukshi.

1993 Proc. Indian Hist. Congr. 54 326 The bakhshis were then ordered to maintain 5000 Mughal mansabdars as per the position under Aurangzeb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bakhshi
释义	bakhshin. Brit. /ˈbʌkʃi/, /ˈbʌxʃi/, U.S. /ˈbəkʃi/ Forms: 1600s bakchis (singular), 1600s–1700s buxy, 1700s backshee, 1700s buxey, 1700s buchshy, 1700s buxie, 1700s–1800s bukshi, 1800s bakshi, 1800s bucktshy, 1800s bukshee, 1800s buxee, 1800s– bakhshi, 1800s– buckshee (now rare). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu baḵšī, Persian baḵšī. Etymology: < (i) Urdu baḵšī, and its etymon (ii) Persian baḵšī giver, paymaster < baḵš- , stem of baḵšīdan to give (see baksheesh n.) + -ī, suffix forming nouns.The form bakchis is after French †bakchis (singular, with silent -s), in the same sense (1670). An officer responsible for military administration under the Mughals. Now historical.Bakhshi is often glossed as ‘paymaster’. However, the responsibilities of the bakhshis were broader than just dispensing pay and involved other administrative tasks such as record-keeping and inspections. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > paymaster paymaster1537 bakhshi1615 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 18 Nov. in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 93 He willingly granted and gaue present order to the Buxy to drawe a firma. 1787 App. India Courier Extraordinary V. 46 A present that had been offered to Cheyte Sing's Buxey. 1804 Duke of Wellington Let. 9 Mar. in Dispatches (1837) III. 133 The importance of his situation of buckshee of the Rajahs troops. 1861 Major McMullen Memorandum on Dhar in H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) 104/2 Several of the witnesses deposed to this effect; amongst these the Bukshi. 1993 Proc. Indian Hist. Congr. 54 326 The bakhshis were then ordered to maintain 5000 Mughal mansabdars as per the position under Aurangzeb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1615
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