معتبر muﻌtabar A (part. pass. VIII. of عبر) adj. Confidential, respectable, worthy of confidence, creditable, credible, relied on, reputable, trust- worthy. A. P. معتبري muﻌtabar-ī, s. f. Confidence, reliance.

مبرهن mubarhan A (part. pass. of quadril. برهن) adj. Demonstrative, evident, manifest.

ميزان mīzān A (noun of instrum. of وزن) s. f. (dakh. s. m.) 1. A balance, a pair of scales. 2. The sign Libra. 3. Measure, metre, rhyme, verse, prosody. 4. Addition (in arithmetick). ميزان دينا يا لگانا mīzān-denā or -lagānā, To add, to cast up.

منوال minwāl A (from نول Chald. ) s. m. Mode, manner, rule, form.

ميداني maidān-ī P. s. m. 1. A person who pre- cedes a general or wazīr and proclaims his titles. 2. A kind of ḥuḳḳa used by faḳīrs. 3. Flour made into dough for the preparation of sweet- meats.

مشکيزه mashk-īza P s. m. A small leather bottle.

محصل muḥaṣṣil A (part. act. II. of حصل) 1. s. m. A tax-gatherer, a bailiff, a dun. 2. adj. Col- lecting, gathering, acquiring. A. P. محصلي muḥaṣṣil-ī, s. f. The duty or fee of the tax-gatherer. A. P. محصلانه muḥaṣṣil-āna, s. m. The fees of the bailiff or tax-gatherer.

مرقب marḳab A (noun of place from رقب) s. m. A place of observatiou.

ميراث mīrās̤ A (from ورث Heb. ) s. f. Heri- tage, patrimony, hereditary estate, a bequest (Harris).

معشوق maﻌshūḳ A s. m. (part. pass. of عشق Heb. ) A be- loved object, sweetheart, a mistress.