English
Shahbagi
Shahbagi comes from Bengali শাহবাগী ‘of or pertaining to Shahbagi ideology’, and goes back to শাহবাগ.
- Bengalimodernশাহবাগśahobag‘the collective identity of the Shahbagi’
- Bengali, derivedmodernশাহবাগীśahbagī‘of or pertaining to Shahbagi ideology’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Shahbagi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Bengalimodernশাহবাগśahobag‘the collective identity of the Shahbagi’
- Bengali, derivedmodernশাহবাগীśahbagī‘of or pertaining to Shahbagi ideology’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016Shahbagi
Earliest quotation: 2016, Navine Murshid, The genocide of 1971 and the politics of justice: “...entire villages could serve as witnesses. As a Shahbagi…”
Every English word from Bengali শাহবাগ
Today it means
noun A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Bengali শাহবাগ / Shahbagi