منافق munāfiḳ A (part. act. III. of نفق Chald. and Syr. ) s. m. A hypocrite, an atheist, an enemy.

ماهو māhū H s. m. See کنسلاي kan-salāʼī.

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

ململ malmal H s. f. Muslin.

منديل mindīl A or mandīl, s. f. 1. A tablecloth. 2. A towel. 3. A turband (high): or, a band ten or twelve cubits long, woven either partly with thread or silk and partly with gold, or wholly with gold thread, and applied over the turband. (Qanoon-e-islam).

مقيشي muḳḳaish-ī U adj. Brocaded.

مرحوم marḥūm A (part. pass. of رحم) adj. Who has found mercy, i. e. the deceased.

مولا mūlā H s. (dakh. i. q. کونا) Corner (?).

منشا manshā A (noun of place from نشأ Heb. ) s. m. Allusion, origin, principle, source, begin- ning, intention, design.

ماهي māhī P s. f. A fish; the fish on which the earth is supposed to rest. ماهي توه māhī-tawa, s. m. A fryingpan. ماهي خوار māhī-ḵẖẉār, s. m. A heron, cormorant. ماهي دندان māhī- dandān, A fishʼs tooth, of which the hilts of swords, &c. are made. ماهي فروش māhī-farosh, s. m. A fish-man, or -monger. ماهي گير māhī- gīr, s. m. 1. A fisherman. 2. An otter. (Lutra lutreola: Shaw). ماهي مراتب māhī-marātib, s. m. Certain honours, of which the privilege is especially conferred on princes and great nobles. They are denoted by the figure of a fish, with other insignia (two balls), carried as ensigns upon elephants.