مداحي maddāḥ-ī A. s. f. Praising, extolling, pa- negyrick.

مـﮩتو mahto S̱. (from महत्) s. m. A person em- ployed by the landholder to collect the rent from a village, a land-bailiff.

منچان manch-ān S̱. s. (dakh.) Buffet. (Harris).

مسين masīn S̱. (from s. माष Vetch, or मसीना Linseed) s. m. A vetch, pulse.

مداوره mudāwara A (inf. III. of دور) s. m. Going about, surrounding, encircling, compassing, ad- justing (a business).

موج mauj A s. f. 1. A wave, surge. 2. Whim, caprice. موج آجاني mauj ā-jānī, An imagina- tion to come into the mind. موج خيز mauj- ḵẖez, adj. Stormy, producing waves. موج رکهنا mauj rakhnā, To be proud. موج زن mauj-zan, Waving, wavy, boisterous, billowy, tumultuous, agitated, raging (sea). موج زني mauj-zan-ī, s. f. Waving, billowing. موج مارنا mauj mārnā, v. a. To billow, to wave; (met.) is applied to express self enjoyment without restraint. Mu- hammad Baḳā says: سيل سرشک اپنا جب سرباوج ماري طوفان نوح بيٿها گوشي مين موج ماري Sail-i-sarashk apnā jab sar ba-auj māre, t̤ūfān-i-Nūḥ baiṭhā goshe meṅ mauj māre. When the deluge of my tears rises to its height, that of Noah may amuse itself in a corner. موج نسيم mauj-i-nasīm, A cooling squall.

مارا mārā S̱. (from مارنا) adj. 1. Beaten, smitten, slain. 2. Foundered, or overturned (a boat, &c.). 3. (subst.) A victim. مارا پڙنا mārā- paṛnā, To be killed or slain. مارا ماري mārā- mārī (मारामारि) 1. Mutual beating, scuf- fle, fray, bickering, broil. 2. Preposteræ ve- neris usus reciprocus. مارا مارا پهرنا mārā mārā phirnā, To wander.

مـﮩاکال महाकाल mahā-kāl S s. m. A name or rather a form of Siva, in his character of the destroying deity, being then represented of a black colour and of an aspect more or less ter- rifick. (Siva or Mahākāla may be considered as a personification of time that destroys all things).

متلانا جيکا matlānā (jī kā) H v. n. To be sick at the stomach, to feel nausea.

منقش munaḳḳash A (part. pass. II. of نقش) adj. Painted, embroidered, engraven, carved. ¶ min- ḳash (noun of instrum.) s. Pincers, tweezers.