mālūm a [predicative] known: मुझे उनका घर ~ है their house is -- to me, I know his house; हमें ~ होना चाहिए we ought to know; जहाँ तक मुझे ~ है as far as I know; हमें ~ हुआ है it has come to our knowledge; ~ होता है कि... it seems/appears that ...; ~ नहीं (I) don't know; ~ करना to find out: भेद ~ करना to find out the secret; ~ देता/पड़ता है कि... it appears that ...[syn. ज्ञात]

mez·posh mc table-cloth, table-cover: सूती, प्लास्टिक का ~ cotton, plastic --; ~ बिछाना to lay the --.

mahimā fu glory, greatness: तीर्थों की ~ -- of places of pilgrimage; यह सब आपकी ~ है it is all due to your --. [syn. बडप्पन]

mantrālay mc ministry [उद्योग labour, कृषि agriculture, खाद्य food, गृह home, रक्षा defence, रेल railway, वाणिज्य commerce, वित्त finance, विदेश foreign, विधि law, शिक्षा education, संचार communication].

māīdān mc (a) field, ground: खुले ~ में in the open --; खेलकूद का ~ play --. (b) plain [ऊबड़-खाबड़ rugged, सपाट level, रेतीला sandy] (c) battlefield; △ ~ जीतना/मारना to win a battle, to score victory; ~ बदना to fix encounter; ~ में आना/उतरना to come out for a fight; ~ साफ़ करना to clear all obstacles; ~ हाथ आना to come out with flying colours.

mat·vālā a and mc (a) intoxicated: ~ शराबी -- drunkard. (b) wayward: ~ हाथी -- elephant, elephant run amuck; मतवाल़े लोग -- people. [syn. मस्त, मत्त]

munḍan mc/u (first) shaving of head: बच्चे का ~ shaving of a child's head for the first time; ~ संस्कार tonsure ceremony [Hindu].

mān 1. mu esteem, respect = सम्मान q. v. △ ~ का पान हीरा समान a gift with kind countenance is a double gift. [also compare मानपत्र address of welcome, मानभंग/ मानहानि defamation]. 2. mc standard: मुद्रा (वेतन, स्वर्ण) का ~ -- of currency (pay, gold); वेतन-मान pay-scale. [cf. मानदंड]

mulāqāt fc (a) meeting: उनसे कल ~ हो गई I had a -- with

muqaddamā mc law-suit, legal case [दीवानी civil, फ़ौजदारी criminal, लंबा long]; मुक़द्दमे की पैरवी or सुनवाई follow-up या hearing of a --; किसी पर ~ करना to