مطب

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed in the twentieth century from dialects, where there exists a verb طَبَّ (“to come down, to land, to arrive, to hit”) and the place noun also means “place, stead”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tˤabb/

Noun

مَطَبّ • (maṭabb) m (plural مَطَبَّات (maṭabbāt))

1. bump, hump, pocket, something that decelerates

   مَطَبّ هَوَائِيّ ― maṭabb hawāʔiyy ― air pocket

   مَطَبّ السُّرْعَة ― maṭabb as-surʕa ― speed bump

Declension

Declension of noun مَطَبّ (maṭabb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَبّ maṭabb	الْمَطَبّ al-maṭabb	مَطَبّ maṭabb
Nominative	مَطَبٌّ maṭabbun	الْمَطَبُّ al-maṭabbu	مَطَبُّ maṭabbu
Accusative	مَطَبًّا maṭabban	الْمَطَبَّ al-maṭabba	مَطَبَّ maṭabba
Genitive	مَطَبٍّ maṭabbin	الْمَطَبِّ al-maṭabbi	مَطَبِّ maṭabbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَبَّيْن maṭabbayn	الْمَطَبَّيْن al-maṭabbayn	مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay
Nominative	مَطَبَّانِ maṭabbāni	الْمَطَبَّانِ al-maṭabbāni	مَطَبَّا maṭabbā
Accusative	مَطَبَّيْنِ maṭabbayni	الْمَطَبَّيْنِ al-maṭabbayni	مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay
Genitive	مَطَبَّيْنِ maṭabbayni	الْمَطَبَّيْنِ al-maṭabbayni	مَطَبَّيْ maṭabbay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَبَّات maṭabbāt	الْمَطَبَّات al-maṭabbāt	مَطَبَّات maṭabbāt
Nominative	مَطَبَّاتٌ maṭabbātun	الْمَطَبَّاتُ al-maṭabbātu	مَطَبَّاتُ maṭabbātu
Accusative	مَطَبَّاتٍ maṭabbātin	الْمَطَبَّاتِ al-maṭabbāti	مَطَبَّاتِ maṭabbāti
Genitive	مَطَبَّاتٍ maṭabbātin	الْمَطَبَّاتِ al-maṭabbāti	مَطَبَّاتِ maṭabbāti

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مطب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 763

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism from the Arabic root ط ب ب (ṭ b b).

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.t̪ʰǽb̥]

Readings
Iranian reading?	matab

Noun

Dari	معاینه‌خانه
Iranian Persian	مطب
Tajik

مطب • (matab)

1. (medicine) doctor's office, clinic

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مطب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim