শাহবাগী

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. (Bangladeshi politics) Of or pertaining to Shahbagi ideology
    Synonym: শাহবাগীয় (śahbagīẏô)
    • 2025 February 11, Mohammad Ishrak, Facebook[1]:
      রাষ্ট্র, শাহবাগী মব দমন করো।
      raśṭro, śahbagi mob domon korō.
      State, suppress the Shahbagi mob.
    • 2025 March 5, Ahsan Mahim, Facebook[2]:
      শাহবাগী হওয়া কি এতো নিষ্পাপ বিষয়?
      śahbagi hōẇa ki etō niśpap biśoẏ?
      Is being a Shahbagi such an innocent thing?
    • 2025 March 11, Abu Shadik Kayem, Facebook[3]:
      জীবন দিয়ে হলেও দেশপ্রেমিক প্রতিবাদী নেতা, নাগরিক, উলামা, হুফফাজ ও ক্বারীদের রক্ত পানকারী শাহবাগী এই অমানুষদের বিরুদ্ধে সর্বাত্মক প্রতিরোধ গড়ে তুলব।
      jibon diẏe holeō deśopremik protibadi neta, nagrik, ulama, huphophaj ō karider rokto pankari śahbagi ei omanuśoder biruddhe śorbattok protirōdh goṛe tulob.
      Even if it costs our lives, we will mount a total resistance against the Shahbagis—these inhuman oppressors who have shed the blood of patriotic, protesting leaders, citizens, scholars, memorizers of the Quran, and reciters.

Noun

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

  1. A person from Shahbag in Dhaka
  2. (Bangladeshi politics, slang, derogatory) A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society
  3. (Bangladeshi politics, slang, derogatory) An ardent left-wing netizen, especially an atheist or Islamophobe
  4. (Bangladeshi politics) A person who actively orchestrates or fuels media trials and mob justice, often justifying them and inadvertently or deliberately contributing to an authoritarian or fascist government

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Shahbagi