منڐهوانا manḍhwānā S̱. (causal of منڐهنا) v. a. To cause to cover (a book, drum, &c. with parchment).

معروف maﻌrūf A (part. pass. of عرف) adj. 1. Known, notorious, noted, celebrated. 2. Active (voice of a verb). 3. The letters و and ي are said to be maﻌrūf, when the former has the sound of ū and the latter of ī; as in نور nūr, Splendour, and لڙکي laṛkī, A girl.

متنگ मतंग matang S s. m. An elephant.

مرهوب marhūb A (part. pass. of رهب Heb. ) adj. Terrible, dreadful.

موفور maufūr A (part. pass. of وفر) adj. Copious, full, numerous, abundant, many, plentiful.

مالي माली mālī S s. m. A gardener.

مرجي murjī A (part. act. IV. of رجأ) 1. adj. One who delays doing what he promises. 2. One of the sect called مرجيت who procrastinate, or think good works unnecessary and faith suf- ficient. 3. s. m. Name of a tribe.

ملحد mulḥid A (part. act. IV. of لحد) s. m. A heretick, unbeliever, one who denies the resur- rection, a deist, an apostate. (Arab. plur. ملحدين mulḥidīn).

ميوڙا mewṛā H s. m. A tribe inhabiting the mountainous province of Mewāt, much addicted to robbing.

مـﮩابهارت महाभारत mahā-bhārat S s. m. 1. A grand epick poem by Vyāsadeva, containing an account of the dissensions and wars of the Kurus and Pāṇḍus, two great collateral branches of the house of Bhārat, so called from Bharat its founder. 2. The great war of the descen- dants of Bharat.