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
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