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مطلب · مَطْلَب — topic, point; a piece of writing, article

Shifted meaningCertainnoun · Learning · everyday

Same word, but the meaning has moved. Overlaps, with a twist.

Arabic

مَطْلَب
maṭlab

/matˤlab/

In Arabic

demand, request; aim, objective

Arabic says: مَوْضُوع mawḍūʿ

Persian

مطلب
matlab

/mætlæb/

In Persian

topic, point; a piece of writing, article

Root
ط ل ب

Note. Arabic maṭlab is something demanded (maṭālib, demands); a topic is mawḍūʿ and an article maqāla.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr