Taliban - Wiktionary

See also: Talibán, taliban, and talibán

English

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Alternative forms

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• Taleban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈtælɪbæn/, /ˈtæləbæn/, /ˈtælɪbɑːn/, /ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

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the Taliban

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.

Translations

[edit] Islamist movement in Afghanistan

Albanian: Talebanët, Talibanët Arabic: طَالِبَان m or f (ṭālibān) Armenian: Թալիբան (Tʻaliban) Azerbaijani: Taliban Belarusian: Таліба́н m (Talibán) Bengali: তালেবান (bn) (taleban) Bulgarian: Талиба́н m (Talibán) Burmese: တာလီဘန် (talibhan) Chechen: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 塔利班 (zh) (Tǎlìbān), (chiefly Taiwan) 神學士 / 神学士 (zh) (shénxué shì) Czech: Tálibán (cs) m Finnish: Taliban French: talibans (fr) m pl Georgian: თალიბანი (talibani) German: Taliban (de) m pl Greek: Ταλιμπάν (Talimpán) Gujarati: તાલિબાન m (tālibān) Hindi: तालिबान m (tālibān) Indonesian: Taliban Italian: Talebani m pl Japanese: タリバン (Tariban), ターリバーン (Tāribān) Kazakh: Талибан (Taliban) Khmer: តាលីបង់ (taaliibɑng) Korean: 탈레반 (Talleban), 탈리반 (Talliban) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Taliban Kyrgyz: Талибан (Taliban) Lao: ຕາລີບັນ (tā lī ban) Malay: Taliban Malayalam: താലിബാൻ (ml) (tālibāṉ) Marathi: तालिबान (tālibān) Pashto: طالبان m (tālibān) Persian: Dari: طَالِبَان (tālibān) Iranian Persian: طالِبان (tâlebân) Polish: Talibowie m pl, Taliban (pl) m Portuguese: Talibã (pt) m Russian: Талиба́н (ru) m (Talibán), тали́бы (ru) m pl (talíby, literally “Talibs”) Slovak: Tálibán m Slovene: Taliban m, Talibani m pl Swedish: Talibanerna c pl (literally “the Talibs”) Tajik: Толибон (Tolibon) Thai: ตอลิบาน (dtɔɔ-lí-baan), ตาลีบัน (dtaa-lii-ban) Tibetan: ཐ་ལི་བྷན (tha li bhan) Turkish: Taliban Turkmen: Taliban Ukrainian: Таліба́н m (Talibán) Urdu: طالِبان m (tālibān) Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban) Uzbek: Tolibon

Noun

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Taliban (plural Taliban or Talibans)

1. 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 March 27, Carlotta Gall, “Pakistan and Afghan Taliban Close Ranks”, in The New York Times, 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.
2. A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Derived terms

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• Talibangelical
• Talibanistan
• Talibanize
• Tealiban

Related terms

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

Translations

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Arabic: طَالِبَان m pl (ṭālibān) Armenian: Թալիբան (Tʻaliban) Azerbaijani: Taliban Belarusian: Таліба́н m (Talibán), талі́бы m pl (talíby) Catalan: talibà (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 塔利班 (zh) (Tǎlìbān) Dutch: taliban (nl) pl Finnish: Taliban French: Taliban (fr) m Georgian: თალიბანი (talibani) German: Taliban (de) m pl Hebrew: טָלִיבָּן \ טליבאן (talibán) Hindi: तालिबान m (tālibān) Italian: talebano (it) Japanese: ターリバーン (Tāribān) Korean: 탈레반 (Talleban), 탈리반 (Talliban) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Taliban Marathi: तालिबान (tālibān) Pashto: طالبان m pl (tālebān) Persian: Dari: طَالِبَان pl (tālibān) Iranian Persian: طالِبان pl (tâlebân) Polish: talibowie pl or m Portuguese: talibã (pt) m Russian: Талиба́н (ru) m (Talibán), тали́бы (ru) m pl (talíby, literally “Talibs”) Spanish: Talibán m Swedish: talibanerna (sv) c (literally “the Talibans”) Tajik: Толибон pl (Tolibon) Turkish: Taliban Ukrainian: Таліба́н m (Talibán), талі́би m pl (talíby) Urdu: طالِبان m (tālibān) Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban) Yiddish: טאַליבאַן (taliban)

member of the Taliban movement or its militia

Arabic: طَالِب (ar) m (ṭālib), طَالِبَة f (ṭāliba) Armenian: թալիբ (tʻalib) Azerbaijani: talib Belarusian: талі́б m (talíb) Catalan: talibà (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 塔利布 (tǎlìbù) Czech: tálib m Dutch: talibanstrijder m Faroese: talibanur m Finnish: taliban French: taleb (fr) m, taliban (fr) m, talibane (fr) f Georgian: თალიბი (talibi) German: Talib (de) m, Taliban (de) m Hindi: तालिब (hi) m (tālib) Hungarian: tálib (hu) Italian: talebano (it) m, talibano m Japanese: タリブ (taribu), ターリブ (tāribu) Kazakh: талиб (talib) Korean: 탈리브 (tallibeu), 탈레브 (tallebeu) Kyrgyz: талиб (talib) Marathi: तालिबानी (tālibānī) Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Pashto: طالب (ps) m (tāléb) Persian: Dari: طَالِب (tālib) Iranian Persian: طالِب (tâleb) Polish: talib (pl) m Portuguese: talibã (pt) m Romanian: taliban m Russian: тали́б (ru) m (talíb) Slovak: tálib m Spanish: talibán (es) m or f Swedish: taliban (sv) c Tajik: толиб (tolib) Turkish: talib Turkmen: talib Ukrainian: талі́б m (talíb) Urdu: طالِب m (tālib) Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban), تالىب (talib) Uzbek: tolib (uz)

Further reading

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• Taliban on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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• nail bat, nailbat

German

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Alternative forms

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• Talib (rarer, learned singular)

Etymology

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From Pashto طالبان (tālibān), plural of طالب (tālib, “disciple”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈta(ː)liˌbaːn/, (seldom also) /taliˈbaːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

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Taliban m (strong, genitive Talibans or Taliban, plural Taliban)

1. Taliban, a member of the Taliban movement
   • Ein junger Taliban zielte auf meinen Kopf.[1]A young Taliban aimed [his gun] at my head.

Derived terms

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• Talibankämpfer

Further reading

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• “Taliban” in Duden online
• “Taliban” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Taliban on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Taliban m

1. alternative spelling of Talibã