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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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 T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell
Word from O-C Khyber Rifles to effect that lashkar is collecting.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
We were a little lashkar, but we drove them back into their fort!
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
We can't prove anything, but the spies keep bringing in rumors of ten thousand men in Khinjan Caves, and of another large lashkar not far away from Khinjan.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
"Does this other letter tell of the lashkar, too?"
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
Both of the Marines, when asked, had never heard of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province, where Mr. Safi had spent months locked in a bloody urban battle with the Taliban.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
Barbershop owner Sher Afzal in Lashkar Gah said the decree hurts the bottom line.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Dr Urosevic works at a trauma hospital in Lashkar Gah.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2021
Critical infrastructure in Kunduz, Kandahar, and Lashkar Gah has been destroyed, she told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 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 T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell
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