zindabad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād) / زندہ باد (Zinda Bād, “long live”), from Classical Persian زنده باد (zinda bād).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

zindabad

1. (South Asia) long live
2. (South Asia, slang) Used to express intense approval or suggest use of something
   • 2021 September 30, Ok_Option_474, Reddit‎^[1]:

     Libgen Zindabad

   • 2022 May 18, Successful_Pizza2802, Reddit‎^[2]:

     Jio zindabad

   • 2023 August 1, Swastika Mukherjee (@swastika24), Twitter‎^[3]:

     Since I will never get an uber, the ride is just never available whichever city I am in, bhai auto zindabad !

   • 2024 March 11, Pushkaraj Apte (@pushkarajapte), Twitter‎^[4]:

     Public transport zindabad! / 3:35 - am outside Vanaz stn / 3:42 - metro leaves / 4:20 - metro reaches Ramwadi / 4:26 shuttle leaves / 4:38 - reached airport

   • 2024 November 4, Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD (@malpani), Twitter‎^[5]:

     Google Translate zindabad !

Synonyms

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Derived terms

• Inqilab Zindabad

References

• “zindabad”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “zindabad”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “zindabad” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.