# Lashkar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #61,582

## Definitions
1. A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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