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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi शाबाश (śābāś), from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš), from the term شاد باش (šād bāš, “be happy”), from شاد (“joyful”) + باش (“be (imperative)”).
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shabash
- (India) An exclamation of praise for an achievement.
1899, Dr. Charles William Doyle, “How Nandha was Avenged”, in The Taming of the Jungle, page 147:"'Shabash! coach-wan,' exclaimed the sahib; 'thou art a man, indeed, and shalt have Shere Bahadoor's skin as recompense for the hurt to thy stomach. Bid him come again.'
1920, Sir James Willcocks, “Hurnam Singh”, in With the Indians in France:Shabash! Shabash! from every tongue, and mothers' hearts stood still
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