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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.li.ˈβɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.lɪ.bɑ́ːn]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.le.bɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.li.bɔ́n]

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

Noun

Dari	طالبان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	толибон

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.lɪ.bɑːn/

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”)

Related terms

• 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.