mas·jid fc mosque [टूटी- फूटी shattered, पुरानी ~ old, शानदार dignified]; जामा ~ the Great Mosque; लोग़ ~ में नमाज़ पढ़ते हैं people say their prayers in the --; शेरशाह ने कई मसजिदें बनवाईं Sher Shah built several --s.

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]

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

mān·daṇḍa mc standard, yard-stick [एक single, कड़ा rigid, नैतिक moral, बदले हुए altered]; ~ स्वीकार करना to accept a --; ~ ऊँचा करना to elevate the --.

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.

maGaz mu brain: किसी का ~ खाना to tax smb's brain; ~ चाटना to bother a great deal. [syn. दिमाग़ q. v.]

mās mc [unchanged] month: अगले/आगामी ~ के दूसरे सप्ताह in the

mel-jol mu rapproachment, concord: ~ पैदा करना to bring about --; मित्रों का ~ intimacy of friends.

machh·līvālā mc fisher- man, fish-monger = मछुआ.

maṅgal·may a happy, blessed: नववर्ष ~ हो wish you a happy New Year; यात्रा ~ हो may your journey be --.