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Re:How Bangladesh vanquished diarrhoea by omeid2 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:52AM (#16665952)
More interesting, I believe it is the Arabic word (متطلب) which means Requirement, or possibly Farsi مطلب which means Subject or Question.

https://translate.google.com/#ar/en/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84...

https://translate.google.com/#fa/en/%D9%85%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8

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Re:How Bangladesh vanquished diarrhoea by blinkingled on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:57AM (#16665971)
Conversationally it's used more like Meaning. https://translate.google.com/#hi/en/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4...
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Re:How Bangladesh vanquished diarrhoea by omeid2 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:59AM (#16665977)
In Farsi, it is used similarly, as in Subject Matter/Topic.
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Re:How Bangladesh vanquished diarrhoea by squarerootof-1 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @09:26AM (#16666484)
In Urdu, matlab can mean intent or purpose, probably derived from Farsi.
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