(p. 882) mōddā chief, main, gross. adv. on the whole, after all, in short (মোদ্দা যাওয়া চাই ।) con. but (যাই করা, মোদ্দা চাকরি ছেড়ো না) । মোদ্দা কথা the long and the short (of it), the sum and substance; the chief thing. 29)

(p. 831) manaprāṇa heart and soul. 65)

(p. 882) mōsāhēba a fawning or cringing attendant; a fawner, a toady; a flatterer. মোসাহেবি n. fawning, toadyism; flattery, adulation. মোসাহেবি করা v. to fawn upon as a sycophant; to toady; to fawn upon; to flatter. 40)

(p. 831) maṭha a monastery or a nunnery, a convent; an abbey; a shrine, a temple; an academy; a sweetmeat made of congealed sugar shaped like a temple. ̃ধারী, মঠাধিকারী, মঠাধ্যক্ষ n. a head of a monastery or convent, an abbot. fem. ̃ধারিণী an abbess. 3)

(p. 828) mi a ladder (usu. one made of bamboo and rope); a harrow. মই দেওয়া v. to harrow (a field). 3)

(p. 876) mūlōcchēda karā, mūlōtpāṭana extirpation, eradication; (fig.) complete destruction. মূলোচ্ছেদ করা, মূলোত্পাটন করা v. to uproot, to root out, to extirpate, to eradicate; (fig.) to pay for; to destroy completely or thoroughly. 20)

(p. 839) mantritba office of a minister or a counsellor of state, ministry. 16)

(p. 838) manōmadhyē in one's mind, at heart, inwardly.

(p. 867) mīmāṃsā solution (of a problem etc.), decision; determination (of truths etc.); act of clearing up or settling (of complication, doubt etc.); disposal (of an affair etc.); arbitration or compounding (of a dispute etc.); compromise; a philosophical treatise compiled by Jaimini (also মীমাংসাদর্শন). মীমাংসা করা v. to solve, to decide; to determine; to clear up; to settle; to dispose of; to arbitrate; to effect a compromise, to compound. 33)

(p. 876) mūrkha stupid, foolish; uneducated, illiterate; ignorant; inexperienced. n. a stupid person, a fool, an idiot, a dunce; an uneducated or illiterate person; an inexperienced person, a greenhorn. ̃তা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly; lack of education, illiteracy; ignorance; inexperience. মূর্খতা প্রকাশ করা v. to betray one's stupidity or ignorance. ̃তাসূচক a. betraying or indicative of stupidity or gross ignorance. 4)

(p. 872) muḍ়ō1 the head of a fish; tip or corner (কাপড়ের মুড়ো); an end or extremity (ঘরের এ মুড়ো থেকে ও মুড়ো) । 38)

(p. 847) -mahalā2 rehearsal (of a dramatic performance); practice (নাচের মহলা); demonstration (বিদ্যাবুদ্ধির মহলা). মহলা দেওয়া v. to rehearse; to practise; to give a demonstration of. 21)

(p. 878) mṛṇāla a stalk of the lotus or water-lily; the white esculent root of the lotus. ̃নিন্দিত a. excelling even a lotus stalk in beauty or delicateness. ̃ভূজ n. an arm as delicate as a lotus-stalk. মৃণালিনী n. a clump of the lotus or water-lily; (loos.) the lotus or the water-lily. 2)

(p. 828) makhamala velvet. মখমলি a. made of velvet; velvety (মখমলি আকাশ) 20)

(p. 847) mahīlatā an earthworm. 41)