শাহবাগী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• শাহবাগি (śahbagi)

Etymology

From শাহবাগ (śahbag), a locality in Dhaka, Bangladesh home to the 2013 Shahbag protests, + -ঈ (-ī, “of or pertaining to”).

Adjective

শাহবাগী • (śahbagī) (comparative আরও শাহবাগী, superlative সবচেয়ে শাহবাগী)

1. (politics, slang, derogatory) Of or pertaining to Shahbagi ideology
2. Of or pertaining to the locality of Shahbag

   Synonym: শাহবাগীয় (śahbagīẏô)

Noun

শাহবাগী • (śahbagī) (objective শাহবাগী (śahbagi) or শাহবাগীকে (śahbagike), genitive শাহবাগীর (śahbagir), locative শাহবাগীতে (śahbagite))

1. A person from Shahbag in Dhaka
2. (Bangladesh, politics, slang, derogatory) A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society
3. (Bangladesh, politics, slang, derogatory) An ardent left-wing netizen, especially an atheist or Islamophobe

Descendants

• → English: Shahbagi