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मानना : mān·nā vt (a) to believe: मानो या न मानो believe it or not; मैं नहीं मानता कि वर्षा हो रही है I do not believe that it is raining; वे ईश्‍वर को मानते हैं they believe in God. (b) to admit, to confess: वह मान गया कि ग़लती/भूल हो गई he admitted/confessed that there was a mistake; चोर ने अपना अपराध मान लिया the thief admitted/confessed his guilt. (c) to assent, to agree: वह तुरंत मान गया he agreed at once; वह मेरा सुझाव नहीं मानेगा he will not assent/agree to my suggestion. (d) to suppose, to imagine: मान लें कि आप नेता हैं let us suppose/imagine that you are a leader; मान लो कि वह ग़ल्ती पर है suppose he is in wrong. (e) to regard, to recognize: उसे इस विषय का अधिकारी माना जाता है he is recognized/regarded as an authority on this subject; वह उसे अपनी सहेली मानती थी she regarded her as her friend; उसका दावा माना गया his/her claim was recognized. (f) to grant: मैं मानता हूँ कि वह सच्ची है I grant that she is right. (g) [various meanings in contexts] मेरी बात मानो heed what I say; माता-पिता की आज्ञा मानो obey your parents; बुरा मत मानिए don't take it ill; मेरी सलाह मानिए take my advice; किसी का अंकुश (आग्रह, रोब) ~ to submit to one's control/ restraint (insistence, awe); शर्तें ~ to accept terms/conditions.

maryādā fc 1. decorum, propriety [कड़ी strict, सामाजिक social, सार्वजनिक public]; ~ का पालन करना to observe --; ~ की रक्षा करना to preserve --. 2. limit: निर्धारित ~ prescribed --; ~ का उल्लंघन करना to transcend a --; ~ में रहना to remain within a --.

matthā mc (a) forehead: ~ टेकना to bow in reverence; किसी के मत्थे मढ़ना to throw the charge over smb else. = माथा q. v. (b) front: मकान का ~ -- of the house.

māy·kā a and mc mother's house (of a married woman); वह मायके (घर) गई हैं she has gone to her --; मायके के लोग people in the mother's house, people from the mother's place. [cf. पीहर father's house, नैहर grand- mother's house]

māīdānī a pertaining to plains; ~ आब-हवा climate in the plains.

mastī fu (a) frolicsomeness: ~ आना to become frolic- some. (b) intoxication: ~ चढ़ना to get intoxicated.

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-dātā mc voter: इस निर्वाचन-क्षेत्र के ~ --s of this constituency; मतदाताओं की सूची list of --s, electoral roll.

māīdā mu fine wheat flour; मैदे की मिठाई sweetmeat made of --. [syn. आटा]

mahãgāī fu dearness: ~ भत्ता -- allowance; यह ~ मार रही है this -- is killing.

maṭak·nā vi to coquet, to flirt: वह मटकती फिरती है she goes about flirting/ogling; मटक- कर चलना to walk flirtingly.