منتشر muntashir A or muntashar (part. act. or pass. VIII. of نشر Heb. and Aram. Chald. ) adj. Published, divulged, explained, spread, dispersed, diffused, diffuse.

مـﮩيپ महीप mahīp S (Protector of the earth) s. m. A king, a sovereign.

مغفر mig̠ẖfar A (noun of instrum. from غفر) s. m. A helmet.

مندتا मंदता manda-tā S s. f. Dulness, littleness, slowness, feebleness, badness.

مجرد mujarrad A (part. pass. II. of جرد Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Solitary, alone, only; un- married, immaterial, incorporeal. Plur. مجردات mujarradāt, Incorporeal beings.

مچلکا muchalkā T s. m. A bond, a note of hand, an agreement, a written obligation.

مقتضي muḳtaẓī A (part. act. VIII. of قضي) adj. Exacting, requiring, urging. ¶ muḳtaẓạ̄ (part. pass.) See مقتضا muḳtaẓā.

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.

ماه māh P (Sans. मासमाः) s. m. 1. The moon; (met.) A beloved person. ماه کنعاني māh-i-kanʼāﻌn-ī, or ماه کنعان māh-i-kanʼāﻌn (moon of Canaan) Joseph the son of Jacob. ماه جبين māh-jabīn, adj. Having a forehead or face beau- tiful as the moon; a beloved person. ماهرو māh-

مموڙا mamoṛā H s. m. 1. Twist, wreath. 2. Ache, pain (particularly, in the bowels).