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MIHRAB.

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MSDANG..l mihrib. Arab. The niche in a mosque
showing the direction in which Mecca lies;
Muj., 56; Ht. Abd., 437.
f^ muharram. Arab. The name of the first
month of the Muhammadan Calendar; Ht.
Abd., 406.
mahshar. Arab. Place of gathering; place
of assembly.
-i mahfutl. Arab. Learning by heart;
thoroughly acquiring any knowledge; Muj., 37.
Ma.hfutlkan: to so acquire knowledge; Muj.,
37 -Lilh mahfutl: the tablet of Fate; Sh. Lamp.,
I3; Sh. Tab. Mimp., 3. Also Ilh tahtfutl.
a mahkamah. Arab. Courts of Justice; the law;
the Bench; Sh. Peng., 8; Ht. Gul. Bak., I57.
3 muhallil. Arab. The man who makes (a
marriage) lawful; the intermediate husband of
a woman who wishes to remarry a husband
who has fully divorced her and can only do so
by being married and divorced to someone else
first. Also china buta..dA muhammad. Arab. Laudable; to be praised;
the name of the Prophet Muhammad; Ht.
Kal. Dam., 427; Sh. I. M. P., 4.
&4j. muhammadiyyah. Arab. Yang nmuhammadiyyah: Muhammadan; connected with
Muhammad; Muj., 14.
mahmAd. Arab. Praised; belauded; a wellknown proper name. A l-mahmwid rasill
Allah: praised be the Prophet of God; Ht.
Md. Hanaf., 57.
mahidin. A well-known proper name (often
transliterated maidin or nmydin), a contraction
of muihiyl' d-ddn.,-A makhdAm. Arab. Master, lord, commander;
Sej. Mal., 89.
i makhlfik. Arab. Created; created things;
creatures. Di-ketalhwi leh segala makhluk:
all creatures know; Ht. Abd., i92. Also Ht.
Abd., 410, 448.
^ madd. Arab. Lengthening, drawing out;
the use of the vowel point which marks the
long alif.

i>-U madali. A musical instrument (obsolete),presumably a wind instrument. Usually
pronounced tudelli, q. v..J.A muddat. [Arab. oX ] Length; space. Diyam
di-Makkah beberapa muddat: dwelling at Mecca
for some length of time; Sh. Lail. Mejn., 7..X madah. Arab. A saying; a witty remark.
Demi di-dengar akan mnadah puteri Bakuwali:
when the princess's words were heard; Ht.
Gul. Bak., 99.
Bermadah to speak wittily; (in polite
language) to speak whether wittily or not.
Bayan itupandai berjenaka dan bermadah: the
parrokeet was clever at quips and witty
speeches; Ht. Ind. Jaya.
Madahkan: to narrate; Ht. Gul. Bak., 113.
Lor- madras. Arab. A book; a scholar.
4.-,J madrasah. [Arab. madrasat.] A place of
learning; a school, usually a religious school in
connection with a mosque. Cf. bandarsah.

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m6dang. A generic name given to a number
of trees of the order laurinece and to others
which have a timber of similar appearance;
J. S. A. S., VIII., I32.
M. api-api: adinandra dumosa.
M. asam: eleocarpus nastersi; lophopetalumn
fimbriatum; or phcebe multiflora.
M. belanak: gironniera subcequalis.
M. bunga: litsia nyristiccefolia.
M. bunut: anisophylleia, sp.
M. burong: phaebe, sp.
M. busok: litsea polyantha.
M. gajah: randia anisophylla.
M. gelugor: pyrenaria acuminata.
M. hempas tebu: gironniera nervosa. Also in.
hitam.
M. hudang: tetractomia laurifolia.
M. jarak: mallotus lancifolius.
M. kasap: gironniera nervosa.
M. kawan: elacocarpus obtusus.
M. kelabu: endospermum malaccense.
M. keladi: helicia robusta.
M. kelawar: pygeum, sp.
M. kemangi: cinnamomunt parthenoxylon.
M. kuning: actinodaphne, sp.; also crypto.
carya ccesia.
M. layang: helicia robusta.
M. lebar daun: alseodaphne semecarpifolia.
M. lenggundi: erythroxylon birmanicutt.
M. melukut jantan: eurya acuminata.
M. merah: phcebe nmultiflora.
M. miyang: litsea amara.
M. panjang: pimelandra wallichii.
M. pasir: phcebe multiflora; vatica ridleyana;
and pittosporunt ferrugineum.
M. paya: lindera malaccensis, and myristica
intermedia.
M. erawas: lindera, sp.
M. pipit: eleocarpus parvifolius.
M. seluwang: litsea zeylanica.

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