مگراٴي magrā-ī H s. f. Obstinacy, stubbornness, refractoriness, insolence.

مچرانا michrānā H v. a. To eat without an ap- petite.

مردي آدمي mard-e ādmī P s. m. A gentleman. S̱. H. مررهنا mar-rahnā, v. n. 1. To be dead. 2. To be deeply in love.

معصوميت maﻌṣūm-īyat A. s. f. 1. Innocence, simplicity. 2. Infancy.

مفتوح maftūḥ A (part. pass. of فتح Heb. and

مودک मोदक modak S s. m. Name of a sweet- meat.

م mīm the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic, and twenty-eighth of the Persian alphabet, corresponds to म in Sanskrit. It is one of the labial letters, its sound being that of the English m. When used to denote a number, according to the numerical arrangement of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for forty. It is compared by poets to the mouth; whence it has obtained the name of ميم مرادي mīm-i-murādī: and, by way of abbreviation, it is used to signify the month muḥarram. It is sometimes changed into ن; as, بان for بام A roof: and, at others, it is substituted for ن as, کجيم for کجين A quilted tunick worn in battle. In Persian, affixed to verbs and names of quali- ties, it may be, 1. (ميم متکلم mīm-i-mutakallim) denoting the pronoun of the first person sin- gular; in which case, م is always quiescent, except for some particular reason. This admits of four subdivisions. (1.) Affixed to verbs, it is a pronoun indicating the speaker to be the agent; as, امدم āmadam, I came; ميگويم mīgoyam, I am speaking; خواهم گفت ḵẖẉāham guft, I will speak. The letter preceding is always maftūḥ or pronounced with fatʼḥa, if the agent be in the singular number; but, if it be plural, ي is inserted, and the preceding letter is sākin; as آمديم āmadīm, We came. (2.) ميم مفعول mīm-i-mafʼūﻌl, signifying the same

محور miḥwar A (noun of instrument from حور) s. m. An axis.

مـﮩون mihūṅ S̱. s. m. (dakh.) Rain: see مينـﮩ meṅh, and مهيون mhyūṅ. S. مـﮩي 1. मही mahī, s. f. The earth. مـﮩي پت mahī-pat (महीपति Lord of the earth) A king. 2. (for मथित) s. f. Buttermilk.

معونت maʼūﻌnat A (infin. of عون Heb. ) s. f. Assistance, protection, favour.