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1. apex, n.1 View full entry 1604
...(As in Latin.) rare....
2. Bakrid, n. View full entry 1671
...In South Asia: the Islamic festival commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son upon God's commandment; = Eid-al-Adha...
3. Datuk, n. View full entry 1625
...In Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines: a landowner or chief. Also as a title of respect....
4. dupatta, n. View full entry 1615
...A doubled or two-layered length of cloth worn by women as a scarf, veil, or shoulder wrap....
5. hakeem | hakim, n. View full entry 1638
...A physician or doctor, in Muslim countries and in India....
6. hakim, n. View full entry 1615
...A judge, ruler, or governor, in Muslim countries and in India; the administrative authority in a district....
7. machinery, n. View full entry 1687
...Theatre. Stage appliances and apparatus. Cf. machine4a. Chiefly hist....
8. mahal, n. View full entry 1610
...A house or palace for use in summer. Obs....
9. maharaja, n. View full entry 1698
...In South Asia: (the title of) a person of high rank, esp. a prince....
10. mahout, n. View full entry 1662
...In South Asia: an elephant-driver....
11. medico, n. View full entry 1689
...A medical practitioner; a medical officer. Also: a medical student. Now chiefly slang or humorous (exc. S. Asian)....
12. mehtar, n. View full entry 1662
...Originally: (the title of) any of several high-ranking officers of the Persian royal household. Later also: a groom, or a stable boy in Persia (Iran). Obs....
13. mudim, n. View full entry 1625
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a junior Muslim official, spec. one who (in traditional communities) performs circumcisions....
14. multi-, comb. form View full entry 1647
...Forming parasynthetic adjectives, with the sense ‘more than one, several, many’. From the adjectives are formed adverbs (e.g. multiserially) and nouns (e.g. multicellularity). Some formations of this kind...
15. munshi, n. View full entry 1622
...In South Asia: a secretary; a language teacher....
16. † musseet, n. View full entry 1621
...A mosque....
17. mussuck, n. View full entry 1610
...A leather water bag, esp. one made from the whole skin of a goat....
18. mutsuddy, n. View full entry 1683
...An accountant, clerk, or administrator....
19. nawab, n. View full entry 1682
...In South Asia: a Muslim official who acted as a deputy ruler or viceroy of a province or district under the Mughal empire (now hist.); any governor of a town...
20. nullah, n. View full entry 1656
...A watercourse, river-bed, or ravine; a drain or channel for rain- or floodwater. Cf. khor...
