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Shahbagi

Shahbagi noun: a liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society.

Noun

Shahbagi (plural Shahbagis)

  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...

Shahbagi meaning in Bengali

Shahbagi in Bengali

একজন উদারপন্থী ও, বা বামপন্থী, বাংলাদেশি রাজনীতিতে, যিনি ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ সমাজের পক্ষপাতী, একজন উগ্র বামপন্থী নেটিজেন, বিশেষত একজন নাস্তিক

Forms of Shahbagi

pluralShahbagis

Origin of Shahbagi

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

Questions about Shahbagi

What does Shahbagi mean?
Shahbagi means a liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society.
What is Shahbagi in Bengali?
Shahbagi in Bengali is একজন উদারপন্থী ও, বা বামপন্থী, বাংলাদেশি রাজনীতিতে. See Shahbagi meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Shahbagi?
Shahbagi is a noun.
What is the plural of Shahbagi?
The plural of Shahbagi is Shahbagis.

Words near Shahbagi in the dictionary

  1. Shahapwailutan
  2. shaharis
  3. shaharit
  4. shaharith
  5. Shahbag
  6. Shahbagi
  7. Shahbagis
  8. shahbanoo
  9. shahbanu
  10. shahbanus
  11. Shahbazian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Shahbagi (page history and authors); Shahbagi (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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