Lashkar

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lascar. alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
  2. 2
    The Islamic militant Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشکرِ طیبه (“Army of the Pure”)), based in Pakistan. Also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, or Lashkar-i-Toiba.

Etymology

From Urdu لشکرِ (“army”).

Related phrases

lashkar e tayyabalashkar e toibalashkar i tayyabalashkar i toibamadhya pradesh

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