معاون muʼāﻌwin A (part. act. III. of عون) adj. Assisting, auxiliary; (subst.) An assistant.

مشکي mushk-ī P (from مشک) adj. Dark bay, approaching to black (colour of a horse).

مضمون maẓmūn A (part. pass. of ضمن) s. m. Contents (of a letter, &c.), import, sense, sig- nification, meaning, tenour.

ماکهن mākhan S̱. s. m. Butter. See مکهن.

معدوم maﻌdūm A (part. pass. of عدم) adj. Non- existent, abolished, annihilated, extinct.

منقطع munḳat̤iﻌ A (part. act. VII. of قطع Aram. ) adj. Broken or cut off, terminated, finish- ed, extinct, exterminated, disjoined. منقطع کرنا munḳat̤iﻌ karnā, v. a. To break off, to stop (at any thing). منقطع هونا munḳat̤iﻌ honā, v. n. To be cut off, to be finished, or settled, or termi- nated; to fail, terminate.

موسري mūsrī S̱. s. f. A mouse.

ماتم mātam A s. m. Grief, mourning. ماتم پرسي mātam-purs-ī, s. f. Oblations, funeral obse- quies, condolence. ماتم خانه mātam-ḵẖāna, House of mourning. ماتم دار mātam-dār, A mourner, mourning. ماتم داري mātam-dār-ī, s. f. Mourning, observance of mourning. ماتم زده mātam-zada, adj. Mourning, affected with grief on account of the death of some relative. ماتم سرا mātam-sarā, s. f. or ماتم کده mātam- kada, s. m. A house of mourning. ماتم کرنا karnā, To mourn, to lament. A. P. ماتمي mātam-ī, adj. Of or relating to mourning,

مزمن muzmin A (part. act. IV. of زمن Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Of long duration, chronical, in- veterate, obstinate (as a disease).

مطالب mat̤ālib A s. plur. (of مطلب) Demands, requisitions, researches, wishes, desires.