مطلب

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Arabic

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ l b)
6 terms

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مَطْلَب (maṭlabm (plural مَطَالِب (maṭālib))

    1. verbal noun of طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) (form I)
    2. something sought

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: mətləb
    • Persian: مطلب (matlab)
    • Ottoman Turkish: مطلب (matlab)
    • Uzbek: matlab

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? matlaḇ
      Dari reading? matlab
      Iranian reading? matlab
      Tajik reading? matlab

      Noun

      Dari مطلب
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik матлаб

      مطلب (matlab) (plural مطالب (matâleb))

      1. subject, matter, topic
        Synonym: موضوع (mowzu')
      2. affair, case, matter
        Synonym: قضیه (qaziye)
      3. something desired
        Synonym: مراد (morâd)
      4. (Dari) meaning
        Synonym: معنی (ma'ni)

      Descendants

      South Levantine Arabic

      Root
      ط ل ب
      3 terms

      Etymology

      From Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /matˤ.lab/,
      • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

      Noun

      مطلب (maṭlabm (plural مطالب (maṭāleb))

      1. request, demand

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian مَطْلَب (matlab), borrowed from Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab), from طَلَبَ (ṭalaba). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi مطلب (mt̤lb /⁠matlab⁠/).[1]

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        مَطْلَب (matlabm (Hindi spelling मतलब)

        1. purpose, motive
        2. meaning (of a word, sentence etc.)
        3. topic (ie. subject, matter)

        Declension

        Declension of مطلب
        singular plural
        direct مَطْلَب (matlab) مَطْلَب (matlab)
        oblique مَطْلَب (matlab) مَطْلَبوں (matlabõ)
        vocative مَطْلَب (matlab) مَطْلَبو (matlabo)

        References

        1. ^ مطلب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

        Further reading

        • مطلب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
        • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مطلب”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]