مدهم maddham मध्यम S̱. adj. Middling, tem- perate, middle.

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

متوجه mutawajjih A (part. act. V. of وجه) adj. 1. Turning or having the regard (towards), proceeding (towards), bound to. 2. Attentive, favouring, countenancing, propitious, intent on. متوجه هونا mutawajjih honā, To turn the face (towards), to attend (to), to look (towards), to regard, to proceed, to be bound (towards), to be intent (on).

مايوس māyūs A (part. pass. of ياس Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Desperate, hopeless.

متکيم mutakallim A (part. act. V. from کلام) adj. 1. Speaking; (subst.) A speaker, declaimer.

مـﮩتابي mahtāb-ī P 1. adj. Belonging to the moon, like the moon, of moonshine. 2. s. f. A kind of fireworks. 3. An open high terrace. 4. (dakh.) Brocade (Harris).

مونـﮩان mūṅhān S̱. (from मुख) s. m. Soreness in the mouth, the aphthæ or thrush, salivation. مونـﮩان مونـﮩ mūṅhāṅ-mūṅh, Tête-à-tête, face to face, brimful, topful. مونـﮩان مونـﮩي mūṅhāṅ- mūṅhī, s. f. Altercation, squabble, wrangle.

ماندا māndā P adj. Tired: see مانده mānda.

محتاط muḥtāt̤ A (part. pass. VIII. of حوط) adj. Guarded, circumspect.

موترا motrā H s. m. Spavin, &c. See موتهرا.