مطلب

mat̤lab (inf. n. of طلب 'to seek, desire, dedemand,' etc.), s.m. A question, demand, request, petition; proposition; wish, desire; object, intention, aim, purpose, pursuit, motive;—adv. To come to (one's) object; in short:—mat̤lab-barārī, s.f. The discharge or performance of a work; the accomplishment of an object, attainment of an end:—mat̤lab-barārīkarnā, or mat̤lab bar-lānā(apnā), To give effect to (one's) wish or intention; to accomplish, or bring about (one's) object, or end:—mat̤lab rakhnā, To have some motive; to be interested, etc. (syn. garaẓrakhnā):—mat̤lab-kāyār, s.m. A friend for his own interests, or through interested motives; a timeserving, or a selfish, friend:—mat̤lab-ko pahuṅćnā, To accomplish (one's) object, to gain (one's) end, to get what one wanted:—mat̤lab-kīghāt ćalnā, To pursue what is for one's own interest, or to look to one's own interest:—mat̤lab nikālnā(-se), To effect one's purpose (by or through), to make what use one desired (of):—mat̤lab honā, A desire to be accomplished, an end to be gained:—mat̤lab ho-jānā, To be all up (with one), to be reduced to the last extremity:—mat̤lab yěh hai, The purport is this; in short, in brief.