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Where does “مطلوب” come from?

مطلوب (Arabic) comes from Arabic طَلَبَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

مطلوب (Arabic): desire, demand, wish; aim, end; requirement

Definitions

  1. desire, demand, wish; aim, end; requirement

Ancestry of “مطلوب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطَلَبَto demand, ask, beg; to seek, to request, etc
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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