م • ي • ب

A certain remedy, or medicine: (K:) [an arabicized word] from the Persian مَىْ “ a beverage, ” and بِهْ “ a quince: ” quince-beverage; diacydonium; a medicine prepared of the juice of quinces: some of it is raw; and some, not raw: some is perfumed; and some, not perfumed. (TA, from the book entitled Má lá yesa'u, &c.)