Arabic edit

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ-l-b)

Etymology edit

Derived from the passive participle of طَلَبَ (ṭalaba, to seek, to request, etc.).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَطْلُوب (maṭlūbm (plural مَطَالِيب (maṭālīb))

  1. desire, demand, wish
  2. aim, end
  3. requirement

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: mətlub
  • Ottoman Turkish: مطلوب (matlub)
  • Persian: مطلوب

References edit

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “مطلوب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مطلوب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “مطلوب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 569

Egyptian Arabic edit

Adjective edit

مطلوب (transliteration needed) (feminine مطلوبة)

  1. required, needed

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْلُوب (maṭlūb).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? matlūḇ
Dari reading? matlūb
Iranian reading? matlub
Tajik reading? matlub

Adjective edit

مطلوب (matlub)

  1. desired; wished-for

Noun edit

مطلوب (matlub)

  1. desire, wish