Page 136 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Hindi & Urdu

māsī aunt (maternal)
ek minaT me in a minute
māsTar/masTarānī jī teacher
ek minaT rukō! just a minute!
(man/woman) minaT minute
māsūm simple mirch masāle vālā spicy
māthā forehead misāl example
māyūs disappointed; misāl ke tawr par for example
despondent misTrī mechanic
Hindi/Urdu š
mA I miThāī sweet, pudding;
mA hū I am sweets, candies
mAch match (football etc) miTTī ke bartan TT pottery
English
mAdān park; open field; mīl mile
ground mīTīī hā sweet (taste)
mAl dirt mōchī shoe repairer’s
mAlā filthy (room etc); polluted mōmbattī candle
mAnezarānī manageress mōr peacock
me in; into; at; among mōR bend, turning (in road)
meharbān kind, generous mōtī pearl
meharbānī karke please, mōTar car
kindly mōTā thick; fat
mehmān guest mōTī aTT Kl kā thick, stupid
mehmāndārī hospitality mōzā stockings; socks
mek make (brand name) mubārakbād best wishes
mel connection; fast train mubārakbād!
melā carnival, fair congratulations!
merā/mere/merī my; mine muddat period (of time)
merā apnā ... my own ... muft free (no charge)
merī duā! good luck! muft savārī karnār to hitch-
mez table hike
mez kursī vagArā furniture muh mouth
ABCDEFGHIJKLmā
mezpōsh tablecloth muhallā suburb
miāh form of address used muhtarmā (U) Mrs; Miss
when speaking to a Muslim mujhe me
(literally: Muslim gentleman) mujhe bhī me too
milānā to introduce mukāmī (U) local
milānevālī flāit connecting mukhy (H) main
flight muKhtalif (U) different
milnā to meet; to find mulāKāt appointment;
milne jānā to visit (person) meeting
milne kī jagah meeting place mulāyam soft
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