Taliban
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pashto طالبان (ṭālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب (ṭālib), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “seeker, student”).
Proper noun
Taliban
- A Sunni Islamic student movement organized in Afghanistan in 1994 by the radical mullah Mohammad Omar.
Translations
Islamic student movement
Noun
Taliban (plural Taliban or Talibans)
- A Taliban militia.
- 2005, Merajuddin Pathan, quoted in Scott Baldauf, “Taliban coming in from cold”, in The Christian Science Monitor, 2005 April 28:
- We will deal with the Afghan Taliban through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani Taliban with bullets.
- 2008, Raza Khan, “Afghan, Pakistani Taliban diverge on goals”, in The Washington Times, 2009 November 18:
- Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans.
- 2009, Carlotta Gall, “Pakistan and Afghan Taliban Close Ranks”, in The New York Times, 2009 March 27, page A1:
- The Pakistani Taliban, an offspring of the Afghan Taliban, are led by veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan who come from the border regions.
- 2005, Merajuddin Pathan, quoted in Scott Baldauf, “Taliban coming in from cold”, in The Christian Science Monitor, 2005 April 28:
- A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.
Derived terms
- Talibanize
- Talibanistan (a region in Pakistan and Afghanistan)
- Tealiban
Related terms
Translations
militia
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member of the Taliban movement or its militia
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Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Taliban m (genitive Talibans, plural Taliban)
- Taliban, a member of the Taliban movement
- Ein junger Taliban zielte auf meinen Kopf. [1]
- A young Taliban aimed [his gun] at my head.
- Ein junger Taliban zielte auf meinen Kopf. [1]
Usage notes
As the word Taliban is a plural form in the original language Pashto, the more sophisticated German singular is Talib. However, this latter form is less common in general usage.
Further reading
- “Taliban” in Duden online
Portuguese
Proper noun
Taliban m
- Alternative spelling of Talibã
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