(p. 879) mēdā, mēdāmārā effeminate; lacking in vigour or energy, spiritless. n. a milksop, a ninny, a sissy, a spiritless person. 26)

(p. 852) mānamaryādā honour and dignity. মানমর্যাদা রক্ষা করা v. to keep up or maintain (one's) prestige. 110)

(p. 882) mōllā (Mus.) a Muslim theologian or priest or teacher, a mullah, a mollah. ̃গিরি n. the profession or office of a mullah. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by or predominantly influenced by mullahs (cp. mollahcracy). মোল্লার দৌড় মসজিদ পর্যন্ত (dero.) one with restricted knowledge cannot go beyond the range of one's learning, a churchman becomes a fish out of water outside the church, the utmost reach of one's tether. 38)

(p. 867) misa Miss. 23)

(p. 852) māchuẏā of fish, piscine (মাছুয়া গল্ধ); fishing, piscatorial, piscatory (মাছুয়া জাতি); fish-selling (মাছুয়া বাজার). n. a fishmonger or fisherman, a fisher. coll. form মেছো fem. n. মাছুয়ানি a fish-wife, a fish-woman, a fisher-woman. 22)

(p. 843) marīci a ray, a beam. ̃কা n. a mirage; (fig.) an illusion. ̃মালী n. one wearing a garland of rays; the sun. 12)

(p. 852) māchi the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or transcribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a flybane. 21)

(p. 872) muḍ়ānō, muḍ়ōnō pollarded, lopped; shaven. v. to pollard or cause to pollard, to lop or cause to lop; to shave or cause to shave. 34)

(p. 839) mandībhūta slowed down; retarded; dimmed; abated; (comm.) slumped. মন্দীভূত করা বা হওয়া v. to slow down; to retard; to dim; to abate; to cause a slump or to slump. 34)

(p. 865) miṭimiṭi flickering dimly (মিটিমিটি জ্বালা); blinkingly (মিটিমিটি চাওয়া). a. dimly flickering, dim; blinking. মিটিমিটি করা v. to flicker dimly; to blink. 13)

(p. 872) mukhōśa a false face, a mask; (fig.) dissimulation, hypocrisy, disguise. মুখোশ পরা v. to masquerade, to mask; (fig.) to dissimulate, to disguise oneself. মুখোশ পরানো v. to mask; (fig.) to disguise. 13)

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

(p. 852) māẏika magical; illusive; infatuating; enchanting. 148)

(p. 852) mānasa the mind; desire, intention, purpose. a. mental; inward; concealed in the mind; imaginary or fancied. মানস করা v. to desire, to intend, to purpose. ̃কন্যা n. a daughter born to one out of one's mind or fancy. ̃তা n. mentality. ̃নেত্র n. the mind's eye, the inward eye; imagination or fancy. ̃পট n. the canvas of the mind; imagination or fancy. ̃পুত্র n. a son born to one out of one's mind or fancy. ̃প্রতিমা n. an image conceived in the mind, a mental image. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. mental science. ̃রাজ্য n. the realm of fancy or imagination. ̃সিদ্ধি n. fulfilment of a desire or intention; attainment of an end. ̃সুন্দরী, মানসী n. fem. the graceful woman of one's imagination. 111)

(p. 879) mēchuẏā a fishmonger or a fisherman. a. relating to fish (মেছুয়া গন্ধ); where fish is sold or auctioned or caught; piscivorous, fish-eating (মেছুয়া কুমির). ̃ঘেরি n. a place for catching fish, a fishery. ̃বাজার n. a fish-market. ̃হাটা n. a retail market for selling consignments of fish by auction; (fig.) a noisy place. 11)