Taliban

noun plural Tal·i·ban \ˈtä-li-bän, ˈta-li-ˌban\

Definition of TALIBAN

: a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan

Pashto & Persian ṭālibān, plural of ṭālib student, seeker, from Arabic

First Known Use: 1992

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