مطلوب

Arabic

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ-l-b)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matˤ.luːb/

Noun

مَطْلُوب • (maṭlūb) m (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

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mät̪.lúːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mät̪.lúːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mät̪.lúb̥]

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
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