مطلب

Arabic

Root
ط ل ب (ṭ l b)
6 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)
  • → Urdu: مطلب (matlab)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مطلب (matlab)
• → Uzbek: matlab

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mat.ˈlaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mät̪.lǽb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mät̪.lǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mät̪.lǽb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mät̪.lǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæt̪.lǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mät̪.lǽb]

Readings
Classical reading?	matlaḇ
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):

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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/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mət̪.ləb/

• Audio (India):

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• Rhymes: -əb
• Hyphenation: مَط‧لَب

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)

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]