طلب

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See also: طلت and ظلت

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ l b)
5 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) I (non-past يَطْلُبُ (yaṭlubu), verbal noun طَلَب (ṭalab) or مَطْلَب (maṭlab))

  1. to search, to look
  2. to set out, to get underway, to go see
  3. to request
  4. to seek, to try to obtain
    مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعُلَا سَهِرَ اللَّيَالِيَ
    man ṭalaba l-ʕulā sahira l-layāliya
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. to ask, to beg
  6. to order, to demand, to exact, to require
  7. to want, to wish
  8. to invite, to request, to beseech
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤa.lab/
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Noun

طَلَب (ṭalabm (plural طَلَبَات (ṭalabāt))

  1. verbal noun of طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) (form I)
  2. search, quest, pursuit
  3. demand, claim
  4. invitation, solicitation
  5. wish, desire, request
  6. application, petition
  7. order
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طلب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 62
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “طلب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1864
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 659

Kohistani Shina

Noun

طلب (talib)

  1. students

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? talaḇ
Dari reading? talab
Iranian reading? talab
Tajik reading? talab

Noun

طلب (talab)

  1. claim
  2. search

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط ل ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَلَبَ (ṭalaba).

Pronunciation

Verb

طلب (ṭálab) I (present بطلب (boṭlob))

  1. to request, to ask for, to order (food in a restaurant, etc.)
    Synonym: وصّى (waṣṣa)
    ولد في الشارع طلب منّي مصاري.
    walad fiš-šāreʕ ṭalab minni maṣāri
    A kid in the street asked me for money.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of طلب (ṭalab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m طلبت (ṭalabt) طلبت (ṭalabt) طلب (ṭalab) طلبنا (ṭalabna) طلبتو (ṭalabtu) طلبو (ṭalabu)
f طلبتي (ṭalabti) طلبت (ṭalbat)
present m بطلب (baṭlob) بتطلب (btoṭlob) بطلب (boṭlob) منطلب (mnoṭlob) بتطلبو (btoṭlobu) بطلبو (boṭlobu)
f بتطلبي (btoṭlobi) بتطلب (btoṭlob)
subjunctive m أطلب (ʔaṭlob) تطلب (toṭlob) يطلب (yoṭlob) نطلب (noṭlob) تطلبو (toṭlobu) يطلبو (yoṭlobu)
f تطلبي (toṭlobi) تطلب (toṭlob)
imperative m اطلب (oṭlob) اطلبو (oṭlobu)
f اطلبي (oṭlobi)

Urdu

Noun

طلب (talibm (Hindi spelling तलिब)

  1. students, learners

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu طلب (talib).

Noun

طلب (talb)

  1. students, learners