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Taliban en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtælɪbɑːn/
• /ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/
• /ˈtæləbæn/
• /ˈtælɪbæn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto طالبان (tālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب (tālib), from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “seeker, student”).

Meanings

1. A Taliban militia.
   • The Pakistani Taliban, an offspring of the Afghan Taliban, are led by veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan who come from the border regions. 2009 March 27, Carlotta Gall, “Pakistan and Afghan Taliban Close Ranks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2022, page A1:
   • Indeed, one of the key distinguishing factors between the two Talibans is that the Afghans insist they have a strictly local agenda of "liberating" their homeland, many analysts say. […] Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans. 2009 November 18, Raza Khan, “Afghan, Pakistani Taliban diverge on goals”, in The Washington Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2010:
   • We will deal with the Afghan Taliban through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani Taliban with bullets. 2005 April 28, Scott Baldauf, quoting Merajuddin Pathan, “Taliban coming in from cold”, in The Christian Science Monitor^(https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202450/https://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0428/p01s03-wosc.html/(page)/2), archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016:
2. A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.
3. A censorious or bigoted moralist.
   • If the Tory Taliban can't get that, they'll condemn us all to oblivion. 2005 July 18, Alan Duncan, “The Tory Taliban must be rooted out”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

Talibanize · Tealiban · Talibanistan · Talibangelical

Relateds

Talibanized · Talibanization · Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan · Tehrik-ee-Taliban Pakistan

Translations (81)

uk Таліба́н (militia) · ug تالىبان (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ca talibà (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · cmn 塔利班 (militia) · uk талі́би (militia) · tr Taliban (militia) · ko 탈리브 (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · fa-ira طالِبان (militia) · sk tálib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · be талі́бы (militia) · ja タリブ (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · tg толиб (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · fr taleb (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · nl talibanstrijder (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ur طالِبان (militia) · de Taliban (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · sv talibanerna (militia) · it talebano (militia) · fr Taliban (militia) · ro taliban (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ar طَالِب (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · hi तालिब (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · pt talibã (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · hi तालिबान (militia) · he טָלִיבָּן \ טליבאן (militia) · az talib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · prs طَالِب (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · fr taliban (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ps طالبان (militia) · ug تالىبان (militia) · ko 탈리반 (militia) · mr तालिबान (militia) · ug تالىب (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · es Talibán (militia) · pl Taliban (militia) · ky талиб (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · kmr Taliban (militia) · ur طالِب (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · cs tálib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · tg Толибон (militia) · tk talib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ru тали́б (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ka თალიბანი (militia) · mr तालिबानी (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ja ターリバーン (militia) · it talebano (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · uz tolib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · de Talib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · be талі́б (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · az Taliban (militia) · ru Талиба́н (militia) · fo talibanur (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · nl taliban (militia) · fi Taliban (militia) · fa-ira طالِب (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ja ターリブ (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · fi taliban (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · be Таліба́н (militia) · de Taliban (militia) · sv taliban (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · hy Թալիբան (militia) · fr talibane (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · hu tálib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · kk талиб (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · uk талі́б (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · pl talib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ps طالب (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ar طَالِبَة (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · tr talib (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · pt talibã (militia) · prs طَالِبَان (militia) · yi טאַליבאַן (militia) · ca talibà (militia) · hy թալիբ (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · it talibano (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ko 탈레브 (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · es talibán (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · ar طَالِبَان (militia) · ko 탈레반 (militia) · ka თალიბი (member of the Taliban movement or its militia) · cmn 塔利布 (member of the Taliban movement or its militia)

Taliban en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtælɪbɑːn/
• /ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/
• /ˈtæləbæn/
• /ˈtælɪbæn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto طالبان (tālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب (tālib), from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “seeker, student”).

Meanings

1. A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.
   • The president refused to offer any sort of mea culpa on Tuesday, even as the Taliban celebrated their “independence” from America with gunfire in the streets of Kabul. 2021 September 1, Michael D. Shear, Jim Tankersley, “Biden Defends Afghan Pullout and Declares an End to Nation-Building”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

Talibanism · Talibanist · Talivan · Talibanesque · Talibanic · Talibaptist

Translations (55)

lo ຕາລີບັນ (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · bn তালেবান (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · sl Talibani (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · prs طَالِبَان (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · pl Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · sv Talibanerna (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · hy Թալիբան (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · sk Tálibán (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ps طالبان (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ja ターリバーン (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · sq Talebanët (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ur طالِبان (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · uk Таліба́н (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · fi Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ru Талиба́н (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ms Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · be Таліба́н (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · th ตอลิบาน (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · cmn 塔利班 (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · cs Tálibán (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · tg Толибон (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · my တာလီဘန် (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · kmr Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ug تالىبان (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · kk Талибан (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · de Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ka თალიბანი (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ko 탈리반 (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · th ตาลีบัน (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ky Талибан (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · sl Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ar طَالِبَان (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · mr तालिबान (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ko 탈레반 (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · gu તાલિબાન (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · tr Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · bo ཐ་ལི་བྷན (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · sq Talibanët (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · pt Talibã (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · km តាលីបង់ (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ml താലിബാൻ (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · fr talibans (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · id Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ta தாலிபான் (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · bg Талиба́н (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · ja タリバン (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · hi तालिबान (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · bn তালিবান (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · cmn 神學士 /神学士 (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · el Ταλιμπάν (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · uz Tolibon (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · fa-ira طالِبان (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · tk Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · it Talebani (Islamist movement in Afghanistan) · az Taliban (Islamist movement in Afghanistan)

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