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Etymology of бақсы (shaman) Ultimately from Middle Chinese 博士 (pak dzriˣ) Compare: 🇰🇬🏴 baqşı 🇺🇿🇺🇿 bahşı 🏴 baqsı 🏴 paqtsı 🌄 པག་ཤི (pag shi) 🇲🇳 ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ (bagsi) 🇰🇷 박수 (baksu) The word is also attested in Old Uyghur texts A recipe for preparing Kapitthāṣṭaka 𑀪𑁄𑁇𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀰𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀪𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀰𑀺𑀆𑀬𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀱𑁆‌𑀑𑀮𑁆‌ Bo Sinhašakti Baḥšï aymïš ol This is what the Master Siṃhāśakti said Art by - @Varymas Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bağşı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century TurkishDieter, Maue (2015), Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift