مطلب

Arabic

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ l b)
9 terms

  • Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /matˤ.lab/

    Noun

    مَطْلَب • (maṭlab) m (plural مَطَالِب (maṭālib))

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

    Declension

    Declension of noun مَطْلَب (maṭlab)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَطْلَب
    maṭlab     		الْمَطْلَب
    al-maṭlab     		مَطْلَب
    maṭlab
    nominative مَطْلَبٌ
    maṭlabun     		الْمَطْلَبُ
    al-maṭlabu     		مَطْلَبُ
    maṭlabu
    accusative مَطْلَبًا
    maṭlaban     		الْمَطْلَبَ
    al-maṭlaba     		مَطْلَبَ
    maṭlaba
    genitive مَطْلَبٍ
    maṭlabin     		الْمَطْلَبِ
    al-maṭlabi     		مَطْلَبِ
    maṭlabi
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal مَطْلَبَيْن
    maṭlabayn     		الْمَطْلَبَيْن
    al-maṭlabayn     		مَطْلَبَيْ
    maṭlabay
    nominative مَطْلَبَانِ
    maṭlabāni     		الْمَطْلَبَانِ
    al-maṭlabāni     		مَطْلَبَا
    maṭlabā
    accusative مَطْلَبَيْنِ
    maṭlabayni     		الْمَطْلَبَيْنِ
    al-maṭlabayni     		مَطْلَبَيْ
    maṭlabay
    genitive مَطْلَبَيْنِ
    maṭlabayni     		الْمَطْلَبَيْنِ
    al-maṭlabayni     		مَطْلَبَيْ
    maṭlabay
    plural basic broken plural diptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَطَالِب
    maṭālib     		الْمَطَالِب
    al-maṭālib     		مَطَالِب
    maṭālib
    nominative مَطَالِبُ
    maṭālibu     		الْمَطَالِبُ
    al-maṭālibu     		مَطَالِبُ
    maṭālibu
    accusative مَطَالِبَ
    maṭāliba     		الْمَطَالِبَ
    al-maṭāliba     		مَطَالِبَ
    maṭāliba
    genitive مَطَالِبَ
    maṭāliba     		الْمَطَالِبِ
    al-maṭālibi     		مَطَالِبِ
    maṭālibi

    Descendants

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

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? matlab
    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

    Descendants
    • → Bengali: মতলব (motlob)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: मतलब (matlab)
      Urdu: مطلب (matlab)

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ط ل ب
    3 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /matˤ.lab/, [ˈmɑtˤ.lˤɑb]
    • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

    Noun

    مطلب • (maṭlab) m (plural مطالب (maṭāleb))

    1. request, demand

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic طَلَبَ (ṭalaba)
    Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab)bor.
    Classical Persian مَطْلَب (matlab)bor.
    Urdu مَطْلَب (matlab)

    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 • (matlab) m (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “مطلب”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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