طلب
Root: طلب
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
طلب ṭalaba u (ṭalab, مطلب maṭlab) to look, search (هـ, ه for s.o., for s.th.); to set out (هـ for a place). get on one’s way (هـ to), go to see (هـ, ه s.o., s.th.); to request (هـ s.th.), apply (هـ for); to seek, try to obtain, claim (من هـ s.th. from), ask, beg (هـ من s.o. for); to demand, exact, require (هـ الى of s.o. s.th.); to want, wish (من هـ s.th. from; الى s.o. ان to do s.th.); to call (الى upon s.o.), appeal (الى to s.o.), invite, request, entreat, beseech (الى s.o.); to order, demand (هـ من s.th. from), call (هـ for s.th., من from), call in (هـ s.th., من from); to be after s.o. or s.th. (هـ, ه); to study III to demand back, reclaim (ب or هـ ه from s.o. s.th.), call for the return or restitution of s.th. (ب or هـ), demand, claim (ب or هـ ه from s.o. s.th.); to demand, claim (ب s.th.) V to require, necessitate, make necessary or requisite (هـ s.th.) VII pass. of I
Entry 2
طلب ṭalab search, quest, pursuit; -- (pl. -āt) demand, claim, call (for), invitation (to), solicitation, wish, desire, request, entreaty j application, petition; order, commission; demand (com.); study │ تحت طلبه at s.o.’s disposal; عند الطلب and لدى الطلب on demand, by request, if desired, on application; O لحين الطلب li-ḥīn ṭ-ṭalab at sight (com.); العرض والطلب (‘arḍ) supply and demand; طلب العلم 563 ṭ. al-‘ilm quest of knowledge, craving for knowledge, studiousness; طلب عدم الثقة ṭ. ‘adam at-tiqa motion of “no confidence” (parl.)
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