طالب

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See also: طالت

Arabic

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ-l-b)

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of طَلَبَ (ṭalaba).

Pronunciation

Noun

طَالِب (ṭālibm (plural طَالِبُونَ (ṭālibūna) or طَلَبَة (ṭalaba) or طُلَّاب (ṭullāb), feminine طَالِبَة (ṭāliba))

  1. seeker, pursuer
  2. student
    Synonym: تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ)
    • 1355 CE, Ibn Battuta, edited by Abd Al-Hādī At-Tāzī, رحلة ابن بطوطة المسماة تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار, volume 4, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, published 1997, →ISBN, page 41:
      وبهذا المسجد جماعة من الطلبة يتعلمون العلم ولهم مرتبات من مال المسجد، وله مطبخة يصنع فيها الطعام للوارد والصادر ولإطعام الفقراء من المسلمين بها.
      In this mosque also there are a number of students of religious science who receive stipends from its revenue, and it has a kitchen from which all travellers and the poor Muslims of the town are supplied with food.
      Translated by H. A. R. Gibb
  3. scholar
  4. claimant
  5. applicant, petitioner
  6. candidate
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: طالب (ṭālib)
  • South Levantine Arabic: طالب (ṭāleb)
  • Bengali: তালিব (talibo)
  • Persian: طالب
  • Hausa: ɗalibi
  • Pashto: طالب
  • Turkish: talebe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

طَالَبَ (ṭālaba) III, non-past يُطَالِبُ‎ (yuṭālibu)

  1. to request, to demand, to ask for
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib).

Pronunciation

Noun

طالب (tālibm (plural طالبان (tālibān))

  1. student
  2. seeker
  3. (in the plural) Taliban

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? tāliḇ
Dari reading? tālib
Iranian reading? tâleb
Tajik reading? tolib
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Noun

طالِب (tâleb) (plural طالبان (tâlebân))

  1. seeker
    طالِبِ عِلْمtâleb-e 'elmseeker of knowledge; student
  2. (uncommon) student
  3. (proscribed) a member of the Taliban

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط ل ب
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib).

Pronunciation

Noun

طالب (ṭālebm (plural طلّاب (ṭullāb), feminine طالبة (ṭālbe))

  1. student, pupil
    Synonym: تلميذ (tilmīz)