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zindabad, int. and n. S. Asian.
Brit. |ˈzɪndəbɑːd|, |ˈzɪndəbad|, U.S. |ˈzɪndəˌbɑd|, |ˈzɪndəˌbæd|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ Urdu zinda bād and its etymon Persian zinda bād, both in sense ‘may (he, etc.) live!’ > adj.) + bād let it be, early modern optative form (now only used in set formulae) of būdan to be (ultimately > v.).]
and n. Used as an exclamation or shout of approbation or encouragement. Also as n.: an exclamation of this kind; a cheer.
a1963G. 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’. 1977Guardian Weekly 27 Feb. 7/1 The appurtenances of Indian politics—the crowds, the ‘zindabads’, the hysterical pushing and shoving. 1985N. Sahgal Rich like Us xiii. 151 He sprang on to the bonnet of one of the taxis..and..asked the assembled taxi drivers to raise three zindabads for the nation's supreme leader. 1988A. 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!’). 2001Statesman (India) (Nexis) 27 Mar. The collective blood pressure had skyrocketed. No Zindabads were heard. |