单词 | zindabad |
释义 | zindabadint.n. A. int. —— zindabad!: used, esp. in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, to affirm enduring support for the specified person or thing; long live —— ! ΚΠ 1930 Times of India 16 July 9/3 A procession of loyalists consisting of Sikhs, Hindus and Mahomedans paraded the bazars at Lyallpur carrying the Union Jack and shouting ‘Government Zindabad’. a1963 G. Cunningham in N. Mitchell Sir G. Cunningham (1968) vii. 132 We had a steadily increasing crowd around us cheering and shouting: ‘Pakistan Zindabad, Jinnah Zindabad’, ‘Cunningham Governor Zindabad’. 1988 A. Ghosh Shadow Lines (1989) 229 At some places on the border the trains were stopped by mobs..heard to chant the slogan ‘Kashmir Day zindabad!’ (perhaps at that very moment, the crowds in Kashmir were shouting ‘Central Intelligence zindabad!’). 2018 M. Khan I am Thunder xi. 71 ‘Are you Pakistani?’ he asked abruptly. His wonderful smile reappeared. ‘Me too, fam. Pakistan zindabad!’ He punched the air and chuckled. B. n. In South Asian contexts: a shout of ‘zindabad’; a shout of approval or encouragement; a cheer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > shouted applause shoutingc1405 cheer1707 huzzaing1708 cheering1779 three times three1813 chuck-up1915 zindabad1938 1938 Mod. Rev. (India) 64 521/1 India's revolutionaries..need not confine their activities to strikes, flag-hoisting, and the shouting of all the various kinds of ‘Zindabads’, and the like. 1963 Indo-Iranica June 21 The students were squatting on the ground in the open space in the school and loudly greeted the President with jubilation and zindabads. 1985 N. Sahgal Rich like Us xiii. 151 He..asked the assembled taxi drivers to raise three zindabads for the nation's supreme leader. 2001 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 27 Mar. The collective blood pressure had skyrocketed. No Zindabads were heard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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