Standard Lemma guide

Taliban

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈtælɪbæn/
  • /ˈtæləbæn/
  • /ˈtælɪbɑːn/
  • /ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 L IH0 B AE2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Taliban militia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A censorious or bigoted moralist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Taleban

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: religious movement

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Talebanët — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Albanian: Talibanët — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Arabic: طَالِبَان (ṭālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Armenian: Թալիբան (Tʻaliban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Azerbaijani: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Belarusian: Таліба́н (Talibán) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Bengali: তালেবান (taleban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Bengali: তালিবান (Tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Bulgarian: Талиба́н (Talibán) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Burmese: တာလီဘန် (talibhan) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔利班 (Tǎlìbān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神學士 /神学士 (shénxué shì) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Czech: Tálibán — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Finnish: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • French: talibans — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Georgian: თალიბანი (talibani) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • German: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Greek: Ταλιμπάν (Talimpán) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Gujarati: તાલિબાન (tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Hindi: तालिबान (tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Indonesian: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Italian: Talebani — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Japanese: タリバン (Tariban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Japanese: ターリバーン (Tāribān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Kazakh: Талибан (Taliban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Khmer: តាលីបង់ (taaliibɑng) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Korean: 탈레반 (Talleban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Korean: 탈리반 (Talliban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Northern Kurdish: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Kyrgyz: Талибан (Taliban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Lao: ຕາລີບັນ (tā lī ban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Malay: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Malayalam: താലിബാൻ (tālibāṉ) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Marathi: तालिबान (tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Pashto: طالبان (tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Dari: طَالِبَان (tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Iranian Persian: طالِبان (tâlebân) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Polish: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Portuguese: Talibã — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Russian: Талиба́н (Talibán) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Slovak: Tálibán — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Slovene: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Slovene: Talibani — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Swedish: Talibanerna — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Tajik: Толибон (Tolibon) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Tamil: தாலிபான் (tālipāṉ) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Thai: ตอลิบาน (dtɔɔ-lí-baan) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Thai: ตาลีบัน (dtaa-lii-ban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Tibetan: ཐ་ལི་བྷན (tha li bhan) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Turkish: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Turkmen: Taliban — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Ukrainian: Таліба́н (Talibán) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Urdu: طالِبان (tālibān) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban) — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Uzbek: Tolibon — Islamist movement in Afghanistan
  • Arabic: طَالِبَان (ṭālibān) — militia
  • Armenian: Թալիբան (Tʻaliban) — militia
  • Azerbaijani: Taliban — militia
  • Belarusian: Таліба́н (Talibán) — militia
  • Belarusian: талі́бы (talíby) — militia
  • Catalan: talibà — militia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔利班 (Tǎlìbān) — militia
  • Dutch: taliban — militia
  • Finnish: Taliban — militia
  • French: Taliban — militia
  • Georgian: თალიბანი (talibani) — militia
  • German: Taliban — militia
  • Hebrew: טָלִיבָּן \ טליבאן (talibán) — militia
  • Hindi: तालिबान (tālibān) — militia
  • Italian: talebano — militia
  • Japanese: ターリバーン (Tāribān) — militia
  • Korean: 탈레반 (Talleban) — militia
  • Korean: 탈리반 (Talliban) — militia
  • Northern Kurdish: Taliban — militia
  • Marathi: तालिबान (tālibān) — militia
  • Pashto: طالبان (tālebān) — militia
  • Dari: طَالِبَان (tālibān) — militia
  • Iranian Persian: طالِبان (tâlebân) — militia
  • Polish: Taliban — militia
  • Portuguese: talibã — militia
  • Russian: Талиба́н (Talibán) — militia
  • Spanish: Talibán — militia
  • Swedish: talibanerna — militia
  • Tajik: Толибон (Tolibon) — militia
  • Turkish: Taliban — militia
  • Ukrainian: Таліба́н (Talibán) — militia
  • Ukrainian: талі́би (talíby) — militia
  • Urdu: طالِبان (tālibān) — militia
  • Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban) — militia
  • Yiddish: טאַליבאַן (taliban) — militia
  • Arabic: طَالِب (ṭālib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Arabic: طَالِبَة (ṭāliba) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Armenian: թալիբ (tʻalib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Azerbaijani: talib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Belarusian: талі́б (talíb) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Catalan: talibà — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔利布 (tǎlìbù) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Czech: tálib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Dutch: talibanstrijder — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Faroese: talibanur — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Finnish: taliban — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • French: taleb — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • French: taliban — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • French: talibane — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Georgian: თალიბი (talibi) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • German: Talib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • German: Taliban — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Hindi: तालिब (tālib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Hungarian: tálib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Italian: talebano — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Italian: talibano — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Japanese: タリブ (taribu) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Japanese: ターリブ (tāribu) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Kazakh: талиб (talib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Korean: 탈리브 (tallibeu) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Korean: 탈레브 (tallebeu) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Kyrgyz: талиб (talib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Marathi: तालिबानी (tālibānī) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Pashto: طالب (tāléb) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Dari: طَالِب (tālib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Iranian Persian: طالِب (tâleb) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Polish: talib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Portuguese: talibã — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Romanian: taliban — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Russian: тали́б (talíb) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Slovak: tálib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Spanish: talibán — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Swedish: taliban — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Tajik: толиб (tolib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Turkish: talib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Turkmen: talib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Ukrainian: талі́б (talíb) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Urdu: طالِب (tālib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Uyghur: تالىبان (taliban) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Uyghur: تالىب (talib) — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
  • Uzbek: tolib — member of the Taliban movement or its militia
Real reading context

Taliban in complete knowledge articles

High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan People & society · Advanced · 22 uses The Swallows of Kabul Literature & books · Accessible · 6 uses Habiba Sarābi People & society · Advanced · 3 uses