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Urdu
Etymology
From مَطْلَب (matlab, “purpose”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مَطْلَبی • (matlabī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मतलबी)
- one who is driven by selfish motives; selfish; opportunistic
- (rare) practical, pragmatic
Further reading
- “مطلبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مطلبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مطلب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “مطلبي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1044