متاري mutārī S̱. (from मुष्टि) s. (dakh.) Handle(?).

مار mār P s. m. A snake, a serpent. مارپيچ mār-pech, s. f. Circumvolution, serpentine twisting and winding. مارپيچ کي راه mār-pech kī rāh, A crooked or winding path. مار گير mār- gīr, s. m. A snake-catcher. مار گيري mār-gīr-ī, s. f. Snake-catching.

مصباح miṣbāḥ A (noun of instrument of صبح) s. f. A lamp.

مٿي miṭṭī S̱. or maṭṭī (मृत्तिका) s. f. Earth. مٿي پر لڙنا maṭṭī par laṛnā, To dispute about land. مٿي پکڙنا miṭṭī pakaṛnā, 1. To bite the ground. 2. To be overcome, or overturned. 3. To be perverse, or obstinate, to resist. مٿي دينا maṭṭī denā, To bury. مٿي ڐالنا maṭṭī ḍālnā, To conceal the crime or fault of another. مٿي کرنا maṭṭī karnā, To ruin or destroy. مٿي مين ملنا maṭṭī meṅ milnā, To be ruined or dis- graced. مٿي کهانا maṭṭī khānā, To eat flesh. مٿي هونا maṭṭī honā, To become weak or faint, to be ruined.

معمر muʼaﻌmmar A (part. pass. II. of عمر) adj. Aged, blessed with long life.

ملتجا multajā A (part. pass. VIII. of لجأ) s. m. An asylum, a protector.

ملکاٿ malakāṭ H s. m. (dakh.) Doubt, ap- prehension: see وسواس waswās.

ماکيان mākiyān P s. f. A fowl, a hen.

ميوه mewa P s. m. Fruit. ميوه دار mewa-dār, Fruitbearing, fruitful. ميوه فروش mewa-farosh, A fruiterer.

مصنوع maṣnūﻌ A (part. pass. of صنع) adj. 1. Formed, created, made, prepared. 2. Artificial. Plur. مصنوعات maṣnūʼāﻌt, s. m. Things created or artificially made, works of art, fabricks, ma- nufactures.