Taliban

== English == === Alternative forms === Taleban === Etymology === Borrowed from Pashto طالبان (tālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب (tālib), from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “seeker, student”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtælɪbæn/, /ˈtæləbæn/, /ˈtælɪbɑːn/, /ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/ === Proper noun === the Taliban 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 ==== === 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. A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Taliban on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === nail bat, nailbat == German == === Alternative forms === Talib (rarer, learned singular) === Etymology === From Pashto طالبان (tālibān), plural of طالب (tālib, “disciple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈta(ː)liˌbaːn/, (seldom also) /taliˈbaːn/ === Noun === Taliban m (strong, genitive Talibans or Taliban, plural Taliban) Taliban, a member of the Taliban movement ==== Derived terms ==== Talibankämpfer === Further reading === “Taliban” in Duden online “Taliban” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Taliban on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Taliban m alternative spelling of Talibã