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Shahbagi en · NOUN

Etymology

From Bengali শাহবাগী (śahbagī), from Bengali শাহবাগ (śahobag), a locality in Dhaka, Bangladesh that was home to the 2013 Shahbag protests.

Meanings

  1. (Bangladesh, derogatory, slang) A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society
  2. (Bangladesh, derogatory, slang) An ardent left-wing netizen, especially an atheist or Islamophobe
    • What happens if Shahbagi eats biryani, I can't control my greed when I see Jafar Iqbal Sir's book. 2021 July 11, Emily Anderson, Speed of the Wind, Emily Books House:
    • ...entire villages could serve as witnesses. As a Shahbagi noted,... 2016 January 29, Navine Murshid, “The genocide of 1971 and the politics of justice”, in Ali Riaz, editor, Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh, Routledge, →ISBN, page 56; republished as Sajjadur Rahman, Mohammad, editor, (Please provide a date or year):

Forms

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Coordinates

sarkari Muslim