مقط miḳat̤t̤ A (noun of instrum. of قطّ Chald. ) s. m. A piece of bone or bamboo on which they nib their writing-reeds or pens.

مخمور maḵẖmūr A (part. pass. of خمر Heb. ) adj. Intoxicated, crapulous, cropsick.

مشدد mushaddad A (part. pass. II. of شدّ) adj. Corroborated, doubled (a letter of the alpha- bet).

مستزاد mustazād A (part. pass. X. of زيد Heb. ) 1. adj. Increased. 2. s. m. The name of a kind of verse, in which every line has a shorter one annexed to it (as the following from Mīr Soz:-- سن سوزعبث ديکهکي حيران هوگا خوبان کا جمال دل زلف مين الجهيگا پريشان هوگا مت لي يہہ وبال يہہ چال بري هي تجهہ سي نبهنيکي نہين آمان کہا کياهنستاهي توبہت پشيمان هوگا مت دانت نکال Sun Soz! aﻌbas̤ dekhke, ḥairāṅ hogā, ḵẖūbāṅ kā jamāl; dil zulf meṅ uljhegā, pareshāṅ hogā, mat le yih wabāl. Yih chāl burī hai, tujh se nibhne kī nahīṅ, ā mān kahā; kyā haṅstā hai? tū bahut pashemāṅ hogā, mat dānt nikāl. Hear, Soz! by idly looking on the beauty of the fair thou wilt be involved in perplexity; thy heart will be entangled in their tresses and much distressed; do not encounter this trouble. This is a dangerous course, which thou canst not pursue with safety. Come then, listen to my words. Why laughest thou? Do not shew thy teeth, thou wilt surely repent).

معاند muʼāﻌnid A (part. act. III. of عند) adj. Perverse, refractory, obstinate, stubborn.

مدرکه mudrika A (from درک) s. m. Strength of understanding, intellectual powers, comprehen- sion of mind, genius.

ماضي māẓī A (part. act. of مضو) 1. adj. Past (time). 2. (or فعل ماضي) s. m. Preterite tense. ماضي استمراري māẓī istimrārī, Preterimperfect. ماضي بعيد māẓī baʼīﻌd, Preterpluperfect. ماضي قريب māẓī ḳarīb, Preterperfect. ماضي معطوف عليه māẓī maﻌt̤ūf aﻌlaihi, Past conjunctive par- ticiple.

مفخر mafḵẖar A (noun of place of فخر) s. m. Place of glory, object of glory.

مونگ mūng मुद्ग S̱. s. f. Name of a kind of pulse. (Phaseolus mungo). مونگ پهلي mūng- phalī, s. f. Is the name of the ground-nut or pignut of the West-Indies. (Arachis hypogæa).

مـﮩتدي muhtadī A (part. act. VIII. of هدي Heb. ) adj. Directed, guided, steered (to the right or left).