مناقبت munāḳabat A (inf. III. of نقب Chald. and Aram. ) s. f. Virtue, ability, praise.

محب muḥibb A (part. act. IV. of حبّ Heb. ) s. m. A friend, lover.

مکهڙي makhṛī S̱. s. f. (dakh.) See مکڙي makṛī.

مباحثه mubāḥas̤a A (inf. III. of بحث Chald. ) s. m. A dispute, disputation, contest, de- bate, investigation, argumentation, reasoning.

ميدني mednī S (मेदिनी) s. f. 1. The earth.

موکهـ mokh S̱. (from मुख) s. m. An airhole, spy-hole, or hole in a wall for light, &c. S̱. موکها 1. mūkhā (मट्टक) s. m. The ridge of a thatch, the topping or coping of a wall. 2. mokhā (मुख) s. m. A small hole in a wall for admitting light and air, an airhole, an aperture.

مـﮩار mahār P (or muhār) s. f. 1. Reins, a bridle. 2. A piece of wood put through a perforation in the nose of a camel to guide him by.

مورد maurid A (noun of place of ورد Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. The place of arrival, of descent, of alighting, of halting or appearing; station, object sought.

ملانا malānā A (causal of ملنا malnā) v. a. To cause to rub, grind, or scour.

ماهي māhī P s. f. A fish; the fish on which the earth is supposed to rest. ماهي توه māhī-tawa, s. m. A fryingpan. ماهي خوار māhī-ḵẖẉār, s. m. A heron, cormorant. ماهي دندان māhī- dandān, A fishʼs tooth, of which the hilts of swords, &c. are made. ماهي فروش māhī-farosh, s. m. A fish-man, or -monger. ماهي گير māhī- gīr, s. m. 1. A fisherman. 2. An otter. (Lutra lutreola: Shaw). ماهي مراتب māhī-marātib, s. m. Certain honours, of which the privilege is especially conferred on princes and great nobles. They are denoted by the figure of a fish, with other insignia (two balls), carried as ensigns upon elephants.