English
Shahbag
Shahbag comes from Bengali শাহবাগ ‘the collective identity of the Shahbagi’.
- Bengalimodernশাহবাগ‘the collective identity of the Shahbagi’literally ‘royal garden’
- EnglishtodayShahbag
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Bengalimodernশাহবাগ‘the collective identity of the Shahbagi’literally ‘royal garden’
- EnglishtodayShahbag
A compound of শাহ ‘king’ + বাগ ‘garden’
Proto-Indo-European *tek- ‘to take by the hand’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati ‘he rules, he has power over’
Proto-Iranian *xšáyati
Old Persian XŠ ‘king’
Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 ‘king’
Classical Persian شاه ‘king’
Bengali শাহ ‘king’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂gós ‘to divide, distribute, allot’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás ‘division’
Proto-Iranian *bāgáh
Old Persian *bāgah ‘garden, orchard’
Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭢
Classical Persian باغ ‘garden, orchard, bagh’
Bengali বাগ ‘garden’
Every English word from Bengali শাহবাগ
Today it means
name A neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali শাহবাগ / Shahbag