معذرت maﻌẕarat A or maﻌẕirat (from عذر) s. f. Apology, excuse.

مطلع mat̤laﻌ A (noun of place of طلع) s. m. 1. The place of rising, the rising (of the sun, &c.), the east. 2. The beginning or exordium of a poem. Plur. مطلعات Openings of poems.

منطفي munt̤afī A (part. act. VII. of طفأ Chald. and Syr. ) adj. Extinguished.

ملاحظه mulāḥaz̤a A (inf. III. of لحظ Heb. ) s. m. Looking at, contemplating, consideration, (often used for reading), view, notice, regard.

مکر makr A s. m. Fraud, deceit, evasion, im- posture, artifice. مکرآميز makr-āmez, adj. De- ceitful, fallacious. مکرچکر makar chakar, s. m. Fraud and subterfuge, artifice. S. مکر 1. mukur (for मुकुर) s. m. A mirror, a looking-glass. 2. makar (for मकर) s. m. Name of the tenth zodiacal sign, the sign Ca- pricorn (represented by a water animal, with the body and tail of a fish, and the fore legs, neck and head of an antelope), a shark or al- ligator. مکراکرت मकराकृत makar-ākr̤ita, Shaped like that sign or animal.

مواصلت mawāṣalat A (inf. III. of وصل) s. f. Con- junction, coming together, adhesion, interview, connexion, copulation.

مر murr A s. m. Myrrh.

مشوش mushauwash A (part. pass. II. of شوش) adj. 1. Disturbed, confused, intricate. 2. Dis- tressed, uneasy, perplexed.

مـﮩتا mahtā S̱. (from महत्) s. m. See مـﮩتو mahto.

مبدع mubdiﻌ A (part. act. IV. of بدع) s. m. In- ventor, producer, creator.