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.

مثنوي mas̤nawī A (from ثني) s. f. The sort of verse, in which the couplets rhime regularly, as in English heroick verse; a poem in that verse. (Plur. مثنويات mas̤nawīyāt).

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

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

موهب mauhib A (from وهب Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A present, a gift.

مرتبت martabat A s. f. (from رتب) A step, degree, dignity, of- fice, employment, charge, rank of honour, class, order, time, turn. اس مرتبه is martaba, To this degree.

ميکهلي mekhlī S̱. (perhaps, from मेष A sheep; q. d. Made of wool) s. f. A sackcloth.

منڐن munḍan S (मुंडन) s. m. Shaving; the first shaving of a child (a religious ceremony

مرتفع murtafaﻌ A or murtafiﻌ (part. pass. or act. VIII. of رفع) adj. Elevated, exalted, high, sublime, eminent, aggrandized. S. مرتک मृतक (r. मृ Die) mr̤itak, s. m. A dead body, a corpse.

محاوره muḥāwara A (inf. III. of حور) s. m. Idiom, usage, current speech, phraseology, figure, dia- logue, conversation, conference.