matloub مطلوب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“matloub” (مطلوب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning requested, required, demanded.
Meanings
- requested, required, demanded
- wanted (by the police)
- sought-after, in demand
Usage
Passive participle of tlab, matloub (feminine matlouba). The most frequent construction is impersonal: matloub mennek + verb, "you are required to, you must". It appears in administrative instructions, but also within the family. The word also describes a sought-after product or job: el 5edma hedhi matlouba, "this job is in high demand". In crime news, matloub refers to a person wanted by the law. For the expected answer in an exercise, one says el matloub.
Example
مطلوب منك تجيب الأوراق غدوة.
matloub mennek tjib el awra9 ghodwa.
“You are required to bring the papers tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “matloub” but also “mat6loub”, “matlouba” and “matloob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).