সিন্ধুদেশ

Bengali

Flag of the Sindhudesh Liberation Army

Etymology

From সিন্ধু (śindhu, “Sindh, Indus”) +‎ দেশ (deś, “country”).

Proper noun

সিন্ধুদেশ • (śindhudeś)

1. (obsolete) Sindh
2. Sindhudesh; a sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Sindhis.

Usage notes

• This is a politically-charged term that was originally used to imply the land or country of Sindh. Now it is mostly used by separatists who want to separate the region from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. See Sindhudesh on Wikipedia for more.

Derived terms

• সিন্ধুদেশী (śindhudeśi)
• সিন্ধুদেশীয় (śindhudeśiẏô)