مطلبی

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic طَلَبَ (ṭalaba)

Arabic مَطْلَب (maṭlab)bor.

Classical Persian مَطْلَب (matlab)bor.

Urdu مَطْلَب (matlab)

Persian ـیbor.

Urdu ـِی (-ī)

Urdu مَطْلَبی (matlabī)

From مَطْلَب (matlab, “purpose”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mət̪.lə.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: مَط‧لَ‧بی

Adjective

مَطْلَبی • (matlabī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मतलबी)

1. one who is driven by selfish motives; selfish; opportunistic
2. (rare) practical, pragmatic

Further reading

• “مطلبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مطلبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مطلب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مطلبي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1044