مطلوب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of طَلَبَ (ṭalaba, to seek, to request, etc.), from the root ط ل ب (ṭ-l-b).

Noun

مَطْلُوب (maṭlūb) m (plural مَطَالِيب (maṭālīb))

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

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: مطلوب (matlub)

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
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