mutlub
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hindi [Term?], from Arabic مَطْلُوب (maṭlūb).
Noun
[edit]mutlub (plural not attested)
- (India, historical) The gist or crux of something; the main point.
- 1888, Octavius Sturges, In the Company's Service: A Reminiscence, page 135:
- Kindly translate the Petition and let me know the mutlub. Yours, R. L.
- 1919, India. Industrial Commission, East India (Industrial Commission, 1916-18): Minutes..., page 47:
- Yes, that is the mutlub of the whole thing!
References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mutlub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].