maz·habī a religious [आज़ादी freedom, किताब book, जगह place]; ~ आदमी godly person.

mukh mc mouth, face, etc. [see मुँह, चेहरा; dim. मुखड़ा]

mullā mc Mullā, a Muslim priest: ~ बाँग देता है -- calls to prayers; ~ की दाढ़ी --'s beard. △ ~ की दौड़ मस्जिद तक a priest goes no farther than the church.

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]

mazāqiyā I. a ~ आदमी fun-loving person; ~ बात witty saying. II. mc joker.

matribhāṣā fc mother- tongue; ~ के द्वारा शिक्षा देना to give education through --; मेरी ~ जापानी है my -- is Japanese.

mãj·nā vi (a) to be cleaned: गिलास मँजा हुआ था the glass was clean(ed); प्लेट मँज गई the plate was cleaned; हाथ मँजे है hands have been cleaned. (b) to be polished [fig.]: भाषा or शैली मँजी हुई है language or style is polished. △ हाथ मँजे हुए है hands are skilled. [vt माँजना]

mũrtikalā fu sculpture: ~ एक ललित कला है -- is a fine art; दक्षिण की ~ -- in the South.

miṭānā vt (a) to ruin, to destroy: किसी जाति या देश को मिटा देना -- a race or a country. (b) to blot out: कपड़े से दाग़ मिटा दें blot out (remove) stains from a cloth. (c) to erase, to rub out/ off: इसे मिटाने के लिए रबड़ लाओ bring a rubber to rub it out/off. (d) लिखा हुआ शब्द मिटाना to scratch out a written word.

murGā mc cock, rooster [इठलाता strutting, लड़ाका belligerent]; ~ वाँग देता है -- crows; मुरग़े चोंच मारते हैं --s peck; वह मुरग़े पालता है he breeds --s. [fem. मुरग़ी]