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शाबाश

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš), from شاد (šād, joyful) + باش (bāš, be (imperative)). Cognate with Gujarati શાબાશ (śābāś), Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (śābāś) / شاباش (śābāś), Bengali শাবাশ (śabaś), Assamese চাবাচ (sabas), Marathi शाबास (śābās).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɑː.bɑːʃ/, [ʃäː.bäːʃ]

Interjection

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शाबाश (śābāś) (Urdu spelling شاباش)

  1. shabash, good job

Descendants

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  • English: shabash
  • Malay: syabas