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Bengali
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)
- (politics, slang, derogatory) Of or pertaining to Shahbagi ideology
- 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))
- A person from Shahbag in Dhaka
- (Bangladesh, politics, slang, derogatory) A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society
- (Bangladesh, politics, slang, derogatory) An ardent left-wing netizen, especially an atheist or Islamophobe
Descendants