مطلوب

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Arabic

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ l b)
5 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

مَطْلُوب (maṭlūbm (plural مَطَالِيب (maṭālīb))

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

Declension

Descendants

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

References

  • 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, 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

Adjective

مطلوب (transliteration needed) (feminine مطلوبة)

  1. required, needed

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْلُوب (maṭlūb).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

مطلوب (matlub)

  1. desired; wished-for

Noun

مطلوب (matlub)

  1. desire, wish