(p. 852) mānika ruby; a jewel; (fig.) a precious object, an object of joy or hope. ̃জোড় n. a variety of egrets usually moving in pairs; (fig.-often dero.) a pair of inseparable friends or associates. 123)

(p. 831) mana-dēōẏā-nēōẏā mutual love-making; courtship. 62)

(p. 839) manmatha (myth.) the Hindu god of love (cp. Cupid, Eros). ̃শরাহত a. wounded with the shafts of love; love-sick. 38)

(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. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(p. 886) mlēccha a non-Aryan tribe of ancient India; a member of this tribe; a Greek settler of India; (loos. but pop.) a non-Hindu; the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). a. nonHindu or anti-Hindu; wicked, sinful, given to unscriptural practices. ̃দেশ n. the part of India inhabited by the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ম্লেচ্ছাচার n. the customs and practices of Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ); non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil customs and practices. ম্লেচ্ছাচারী a. adopting the customs and practices of Mlechchhas; given to non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil practices.

(p. 852) mātāmāti drunken revelry; great excitement; feverish activities or enthusiasm; revelry; romping naughtiness. 60)

(p. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 852) mākhā to smear, to dab, to daub, to coat -(রং মাখা); to knead (ময়দা মাখা); to mix with spices etc. in order to make something ready for cooking, to lard মাংস মাখা; to mix with curry etc. to make something ready for eating, (cp.) to sauce (ভাত মাখা). মাখানো v. to cause to smear or dab or coat or knead or lard. ̃মাখি n. mutual or repeated smearing রং মাখামাখি; frequent social communication, intimacy, act of mixing freely with, close association (পুলিশের সঙ্গে মাখামাখি). মাখামাখি করা v. to smear mutually or repeatedly, to indulge in frequent social communication with, to form an intimacy with, to mix freely with. 6)

(p. 867) miśrita mixed, blended; compounded; hybridized; amalgamated; adulterated. মিশ্রিত করা v. to mix, to blend; to compound; to hybridize; to amalgamate; to adulterate. 22)

(p. 839) marami cognizant or appreciative of the spirit of anything; mystic (মরমি কবি); sympathetic (মরমি বন্ধু). 61)

(p. 885) maurya the Maurya dynasty. 15)

(p. 885) maumāchi the bee. ̃পালন n. bee-keeping, apiculture. 10)

(p. 872) muḍ়i3 a folded edge or hem of cloth etc.; covering or wrapping. মুড়ি দেওয়া v. to hem; to cover or wrap oneself (কাঁথা মুড়ি দেওয়া). মুড়ি-সেলাই n. a hemstitch, a hem. মুড়ি-সেলাই দেওয়া বা করা v. to hem-stitch, to hem. 37)

(p. 864) māṣa2, māṣā a unit of weight for jewellers (= 18 or 15 grs.) or for apothecaries (9 grs. approx.). 13)