1. maban - Noun
2. maban - Adjective
3. Maban - Proper noun
Maban
A Western Nilotic language of Sudan.
Maban (not comparable)
Of or relating to a small language family of languages spoken in eastern Chad, the Central African Republic, and western Sudan (Darfur).
maban (uncountable)
A magical material in Australian Aboriginal mythology, from which the shamans and elders derive their powers; it is often in the form of stones, and may be associated with quartz crystals, mother-of-pearl, etc.
Greenberg's later contribution came in 1963, when he tied Chari–Nile to Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur, and Koman-Gumuz and coined the current name Nilo-Saharan for the resulting family. Source: Internet