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)
- (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))
- A person from Shahbag in Dhaka
- (Bangladeshi politics, slang, derogatory) A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society
- (Bangladeshi politics, slang, derogatory) An ardent left-wing netizen, especially an atheist or Islamophobe
- (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
- শাহবাগীতা (śahbagita)
Descendants
- → English: Shahbagi