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مَطْلَبٌ

Root: طلب

Full Definition

مَطْلَبٌ A place, or time, of seeking: [and so مُطَّلَبٌ :] pl. مَطَالِبُ. [And particularly applied to A place in which treasure is buried and sought. And A place where anything remarkable is to be sought, or looked for, in a book.]
2 [And hence, A person from whom one seeks a thing.] لَيْسَ لِى مَطْلَبٌ سِوَاكَ [I have none from whom to seek the accomplishment of my desires but Thee] occurs in a trad. respecting prayer.
3 See also مَطْلُوبٌ.
4 It is also an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.].
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