Arabic

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Root
ط ل ب (ṭ l b)
5 terms

Etymology

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

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Noun

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مَطْلُوب (maṭlūbm (plural مَطَالِيب (maṭālīb))

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

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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

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Adjective

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مطلوب (transliteration needed) (feminine مطلوبة)

  1. required, needed

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَطْلُوب (maṭlūb).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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مطلوب (matlub)

  1. desired; wished-for

Noun

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مطلوب (matlub)

  1. desire, wish