طالبان

Arabic

Etymology

From Pashto طالبان (tālibān).

Proper noun

طَالِبَان • (ṭālibān) f or m

  1. Taliban

Declension
Declension of noun طَالِبَان (ṭālibān)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — طَالِبَان
ṭālibān		 —
Nominative — طَالِبَانُ
ṭālibānu		 —
Accusative — طَالِبَانَ
ṭālibāna		 —
Genitive — طَالِبَانَ
ṭālibāna		 —

Pashto

Noun

طالبان • (tālibān) m

  1. plural of طالب (“student, seeker”)

Proper noun

طالبان • (tālibān) m

  1. the Taliban

Descendants
  • → English: Taliban
  • → Urdu: طالبان (tālibān)

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.lɪ.bɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.lɪ.bɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔː.li.bɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? tāliḇān
Dari reading? tālibān
Iranian reading? tâlebân
Tajik reading? tolibon

Noun

طالبان • (tâlebân)

  1. plural of طالب

Proper noun
Dari طالبان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Толибон

طالبان • (tâlebân)

  1. the Taliban

Urdu
طالبان جنگجووں
Taliban fighters

Etymology

Borrowed from Pashto طالبان (tālibān).

Pronunciation

Noun

طالبان • (tālibān) ?

  1. plural of طالب (tālib, “seeker; student”)

Proper noun

طالبان • (tālibān) ?

  1. Taliban

Derived terms
  • طالِبانِ حَق (tālibān-e-haq, “seekers of truth”)
  • طالِبانِ فَضِیلَتِ گُسْتار (tālibān-e-fazīlat-e-gustār, “seekers of great eminence”)
  • طالب انصاف (tālib-e-insāf, “seeker of justice”)

References
  • “طالبان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “طالبان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “طالبان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • “طالبان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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