Bakshaish

noun

Bak·​shaish

(ˈ)bäk¦shīsh

plural -es

: a semiantique or antique Persian carpet with usually angular designs

Word History

Etymology

from Bakhshis, village in northwestern Iran

First Known Use

circa 1934, in the meaning defined above

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