talibán

See also: taliban, Taliban, and Talibán

Spanish

Etymology

From Pashto طالبان (ṭālibān, “students, seekers”), plural of طالب (ṭālib), from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “seeker, student”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taliˈban/ [t̪a.liˈβ̞ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ta‧li‧bán

Adjective

talibán (feminine talibana, masculine plural talibán or talibanes, feminine plural talibanas)

1. (relational) Taliban

Noun

talibán m or f by sense (plural talibán or talibanes)

1. Talib, Taliban (member of the Taliban)

Further reading

• “talibán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10