lashkar
noun
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lashkar
1 American
[lash-ker]
/ ˈlæʃ kər /
noun
Lashkar
2
American
[luhsh-ker]
/ ˈlʌʃ kər /
noun
Lashkar
British
/ ˈlʌʃkə /
noun
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Word from O-C Khyber Rifles to effect that lashkar is collecting.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
In the letter that I left at Ali Masjid there is news of the lashkar that is gathering in the 'Hills,' above Ali Masjid and beyond Khinjan.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
"Does this other letter tell of the lashkar, too?"
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
"How great is the lashkar that is forming?" asked Courtenay.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot
In the year 1879 the tribe of the Wazirs had been incited by their Mullahs to rise, and they came down suddenly with their lashkar on the little frontier town of Tank.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
The order in Helmand province was issued by the provincial Taliban government’s vice and virtue department to barbers in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
In Lashkar Gah, young Talibs reacted to the BBC cameras by taking out their mobile phones, filming us and taking selfies with the foreigners.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2021
Critical infrastructure in Kunduz, Kandahar, and Lashkar Gah has been destroyed, she told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2021
“Watermelon of Lashkar Gah, watermelon of Lashkar Gah!” shouted another, referring to the southern city renowned for its fruit.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2021
Lashkar = an army; often applied in Afghanistán to a small body of men going out from a tribe for warlike purposes, but they may be going for peaceful purposes—hence the English “lascar.”
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)
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