English

Alternative forms

• Taleban

Proper noun

Taliban

1. A Sunni Islamic student movement organized in Afghanistan in 1994 by the radical mullah Mohammad Omar.

Translations

Noun

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, 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.

2. A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Derived terms

• Talibanize
• Talibanistan (a region in Pakistan and Afghanistan)
• Tealiban

Related terms

• Talibanized
• Talibanization

Translations

Anagrams

• nailbat

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɪˌbaːn/

Noun

Taliban m ‎(genitive Talibans, plural Taliban)

1. Taliban, a member of the Taliban movement

   Ein junger Taliban zielte auf meinen Kopf.

   A young Taliban aimed [his gun] at my head.

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.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Taliban m

1. Alternative spelling of Talibã

French

Adjective

taliban m ‎(feminine singular talibane, masculine plural talibans, feminine plural talibanes)

1. Taliban

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From tálib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talǐbaːn/
• Hyphenation: ta‧li‧ban

Noun

talìbān m ‎(Cyrillic spelling талѝба̄н)

1. Taliban

Declension

References

• “taliban” in Hrvatski jezični portal