Mash’al-chi, torch-bearer.

Mashk, water bag.

Masīḥ, or Masīḥā, the Messiah, Christ our Lord.

Masjid, mosque.

Masjid-i-jāmī, a great mosque.

Masnad, a throne, a large cushion.

Māyā, idealism, illusion; a deception depending on the power of the Deity, whereby mankind believe in the existence of external objects, which are in fact nothing but idea.

Melā, a fair.

Mem sāhiba, madam, the lady of the house.

Menhdī, lawsonia inermis.