Lashkar

See also: lashkar

English

Etymology

From Urdu لشکرِ‎ (“army”).

Proper noun

Lashkar

  1. A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
  2. The Islamic militant Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشکرِ طیبه‎ (“Army of the Pure”)), based in Pakistan. Also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, or Lashkar-i-Toiba.
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