مبتدا mubtadā A (part. pass. VIII. of بدأ) s. f. 1. Commencement, principle, or subject of a pro- position. 2. Substantive noun in the nomina- tive case. مبتدا وخبر mubtadā-o-ḵẖabar, s. f. The subject and predicate, or substantive and adjective (in syntax).

مقروض maḳrūẓ A (part. pass. of قرض Heb. ) adj. Lent.

مس mis P s. m. Copper.

مرگ marg P s. f. Death. مرگ مفاجات marg- i-mufājāt, Sudden death.

مـﮩر mahr A (Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. A marriage portion or gift settled upon the wife before marriage, alimony, jointure. 2. Con- tracting by writing for such settlement.

مڙهيانا muṛhiyānā H v. n. To be twisted, to be writhed.

معما muʼaﻌmmā A (for معميٰ part. pass. II. of عمي) s. m. An enigma, an acrostick, a verse of mysterious meaning, riddle, rebus.

مزروع mazrūﻌ A (part. pass. of زرع Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Sown, cultivated.

ماتهر माथुर māthur S s. m. 1. An inhabitant of Mathurā. 2. Name of a cast of Kāyaths; also, of Brāhmaṇs.

مکان makān A (noun of place of کون Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A place, station, dwelling, room, abode, home. (Plur. مکانات). مکاندار makān-dār, 1. Owner of a place (vulg.). 2. The faḳīr who occupies any particular station. 3. A watchman.