(p. 852) mādhaba relating to honey; honeyed. n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). মাধবী, মাধবিকা, মাধবীলতা n. an evergreen creeper, (cp.) the myrtle. মাধবীকুঞ্জ n. a myrtle-bower. 82)

(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. 852) mādāra the coral tree. 75)

(p. 872) muḍ়ā3, mōḍ়ā to pollard, to lop; to eat of the top (of) (ছাগলে গাছ মুড়েছে); to shave (মাথা মোড়া) 33)

(p. 852) mānacitra a map; a chart. মানচিত্র অভিক্ষেপ n. (geog.) stereographic projection. ̃কার, ̃কর n. a cartographer. ̃বিদ্যা n. cartography, chartography. মানচিত্রাঙ্কন n. map-drawing. মানচিত্রাবলি n. maps; a book of maps, an atlas. 97)

(p. 839) maphassala, maphasbala localities outside great towns or headquarters (cp. an outstation), mofussil. 39)

(p. 852) māḍ় (liquefied) starch extracted from rice etc. by boiling or used in the laundry as a stiffener. মাড় দেওয়া v. to starch. 43)

(p. 851) māui, māui-mā, māai, māai-mā a mother-in-law or aunt-in-law of a brother or sister or cousin. 23)

(p. 828) makaddamā a lawsuit, a case, a process; an affair (বিয়েটা একদিনের মকদ্দমা); a dispute. মকদ্দমা আনা v. to bring a lawsuit (against); to proceed (against). মকদ্দমা করা v. to bring or file a lawsuit; to proceed (against); to conduct a case; to plead in a case; to try or judge a case; to enter into litigation. মকদ্দমা তোলা v. to bring up a case for trial. 7)

(p. 866) minati a humble prayer or an earnest request; supplication, entreaty, solicitation. মিনতি করা v. to pray humbly; to request earnestly; to supplicate, to entreat, to solicit. ̃পূর্ণ্য a. full of humble prayer or earnest request; supplicatory, full of entreaties, solicitous. 12)

(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. 864) māśula duty, tax, customs; fare, freight; charge, price. 11)

(p. 863) mālā2 a coconut-shell; a coconut-shell cut into the shape of a tumbler. 15)

(p. 831) madhyābashā mediocrity; the middle or middling state. 52)

(p. 874) mumukṣu desirous of salvation. 19)