Taliban

• Taleban

From Pashto طالبان‎ (ṭālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب‎ (ṭālib), from Arabic طَالِب‎ (ṭālib, “seeker, student”).

Taliban

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

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.

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

• Talibanized
• Talibanization

• nail bat, nailbat

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɪˌbaːn/

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.

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.

• Taliban in Duden online

Taliban m

1. Alternative spelling of Talibã