English
Talib
Talib comes from Pashto طالب ‘member of the Taliban’, and goes back to Arabic طَالِب ‘student’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentطَالِبṭālib‘student’
- Pashtomodernطالبtālib‘member of the Taliban’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Talib
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentطَالِبṭālib‘student’
- Pashtomodernطالبtālib‘member of the Taliban’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Talib
Earliest quotation: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns: “The Talib lifted his Kalashnikov and fired rounds into…”
Every English word from Arabic طَالِب
Today it means
noun A member of the Taliban.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic طَالِب / Talib