Taliban

See also: taliban, talibán, and Talibán

English

Alternative forms

• Taleban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Islamist movement in Afghanistan

• Arabic: طَالِبَان m or f (ṭālibān)
• Armenian: Թալիբան (Tʻaliban)
• Azerbaijani: Taliban
• Belarusian: Таліба́н m (Talibán)
• Bengali: তালেবান (taleban)
• Bulgarian: Талиба́н m (Talibán)
• 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
• Japanese: タリバン (Tariban), ターリバーン (Tāribān)
• Kazakh: Талибан (Taliban)
• Korean: 탈레반 (Talleban)
• 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: طالبان (fa) (tâlebân)
• Polish: Talibowie m pl, Taliban (pl) m
• Portuguese: Talibã (pt) m
• Russian: Талиба́н (ru) m (Talibán)
• Slovak: Tálibán m
• Slovene: Taliban m, Talibani m pl
• Swedish: Talibanerna c pl
• Tajik: Толибон (Tolibon)
• Thai: ตอลิบาน, ตาลีบัน
• Turkish: Taliban
• Turkmen: Taliban
• Ukrainian: Таліба́н m (Talibán)
• Urdu: طالبان m (tālibān)
• Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban)
• Uzbek: Tolibon

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 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

• Talibangelical
• Talibanize
• Talibanistan
• Tealiban

Related terms

• Talibanized
• Talibanization
• Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

Translations

militia

• 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)
• 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: طالبان (fa) (tâlebân)
• Polish: talibowie pl or m
• Portuguese: talibã (pt) m
• Russian: Талиба́н (ru) m (Talibán), тали́бы (ru) m pl (talíby)
• Spanish: Talibán m
• Swedish: talibanerna (sv) c (literally, "the Talibans")
• Turkish: Taliban
• Ukrainian: Таліба́н m (Talibán), талі́би m pl (talíby)
• Urdu: طالبان 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: طالب (fa) (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: طالب m (tālib)
• Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban), تالىب (talib)
• Uzbek: tolib (uz)

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/

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Noun

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

• 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

1. Alternative spelling of Talibã