English Explanatory Dictionary

your good name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Your name.

Word forms

your good name

Etymology

In modern South Asian English, likely calque of Bengali ভালো নাম (bhalō nam), Hindi शुभ नाम (śubh nām, literally “good name”), and similar collocations in other Indian languages. Good has a sense similar to honourable, as in older English phrases such as “good sir” or “your good wife”.

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