Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš), from شاد (šād, happy) + باش (bāš, be (imperative)). Cognate with Assamese চাবাচ (sabas), Hindi शाबाश (śābāś), Gujarati શાબાશ (śābāś), Marathi शाबास (śābās).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃabaʃ/, [ˈʃabaʃ], /ʃabːaʃ/, [ˈʃabːaʃ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃabaʃ/, [ˈʃabaʃ], /ʃabːaʃ/, [ˈʃabːaʃ]

Interjection edit

শাবাশ (śabaś)

  1. good job!

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