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talibanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tal-iban-ize
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert something, especially a government or culture, into something based on the fundamentalist Islamic teachings of the Taliban.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Taliban Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Talibanize From Taliban + -ize.

Inflected Forms

Talibanizes (present, singular) Talibanizing (participle, present) Talibanized (participle, past) Talibanized (past) Talibanise (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Talibanization Talibanized

Questions

What does talibanize mean?
To convert something, especially a government or culture, into something based on the fundamentalist Islamic teachings of the Taliban.
Where does talibanize come from?
Etymology tree English Taliban Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Talibanize From Taliban + -ize.

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