Talib

From Pashto طالب‎ (tālib, “member of the Taliban”), from Arabic طَالِب‎ (ṭālib, “student”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰælɪb]

Talib (plural Talibs)

1. A member of the Taliban.
   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 279:

     The Talib lifted his Kalashnikov and fired rounds into the air. Another Talib behind him brandished a whip.

The proper Pashto plural would be Taliban, though in typical English usage this refers only to the Taliban group as a whole, while the normalized English plural Talibs refers to smaller groups of members of the Taliban.

• Taliban

• -bital, Balti, Bălți, balti, bilat

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• IPA^(key): /taːlɪp/

Talib m (strong, genitive Talibs, plural Taliban)

1. Taliban (member of the Taliban movement or its militia)

• Taliban (singular and plural)