مقتل maḳtal A (noun of place of قتل Heb. and Aram. ) 1. A place of slaughter or of execu- tion. 2. The place of death, i. e. any diseased or wounded part of the body that causes death.

م mīm the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic, and twenty-eighth of the Persian alphabet, corresponds to म in Sanskrit. It is one of the labial letters, its sound being that of the English m. When used to denote a number, according to the numerical arrangement of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for forty. It is compared by poets to the mouth; whence it has obtained the name of ميم مرادي mīm-i-murādī: and, by way of abbreviation, it is used to signify the month muḥarram. It is sometimes changed into ن; as, بان for بام A roof: and, at others, it is substituted for ن as, کجيم for کجين A quilted tunick worn in battle. In Persian, affixed to verbs and names of quali- ties, it may be, 1. (ميم متکلم mīm-i-mutakallim) denoting the pronoun of the first person sin- gular; in which case, م is always quiescent, except for some particular reason. This admits of four subdivisions. (1.) Affixed to verbs, it is a pronoun indicating the speaker to be the agent; as, امدم āmadam, I came; ميگويم mīgoyam, I am speaking; خواهم گفت ḵẖẉāham guft, I will speak. The letter preceding is always maftūḥ or pronounced with fatʼḥa, if the agent be in the singular number; but, if it be plural, ي is inserted, and the preceding letter is sākin; as آمديم āmadīm, We came. (2.) ميم مفعول mīm-i-mafʼūﻌl, signifying the same

مسمسانا masmasānā H v. n. To suppress oneʼs sentiments from fear.

معتدل muﻌtadil A (part. act. VIII. of عدل) adj. Temperate, tolerable, moderate, calm. معتدل کرنا muﻌtadil karnā, To temper, attemper, mode- rate, qualify.

مجالس majālis A s. plur. (of مجلس) Conferences, assemblies, convivial conversation.

متحرک mutaḥarrik A (part. act. V. of حرک) adj. 1. Moved, moving oneʼs self, moveable. غير متحرک g̠ẖair-mutaḥarrik, Immovable. 2. Ac- cented with short vowels.

مـﮩانا mihānā S̱. (r. मिह Sprinkle) v. n. To grow damp.

مـﮩاور mahāwar H s. m. Lac, the red animal die so called extracted from lac insects.

مانجهي mānjhī H s. m. Master of a vessel, a boatman, sailor, steersman, helmsman.

مخطط muḵẖat̤t̤at̤ A (part. pass. II. of خطّ) adj. Marked with lines, having the down or incipient beard of a youth (a face).