(p. 843) marut, maruta one of the five constituent elements (see ভূত); wind; air. 14)

(p. 882) mōṭara a motor; a motor car. ̃গাড়ি n. a motor car. মোটরগাড়ি চালানো v. to drive a motor car; to motor. ভাড়াটে মোটরগাড়ি a hired motor car or a taxicab. ভাড়াটে মোটরগাড়ির আড্ডা a taxistand. মোটরগাড়ির চালক, মোটরচালক a motor driver; a motorist. মোটর-মিস্ত্রি n. a motor mechanic. 15)

(p. 851) māika, māikrōphōna a microphone, a mike. 16)

(p. 830) maṭakā a coarse variety of tusser; the topmost (and also central) part of the surface of a thatched roof (cp. loft); feigned sleep; a large earthen barrel or cask. মটকা মারা v. to close up or block the opening at the centre of a thatched roof; to pretend sleep, to pretend to be sleeping. 20)

(p. 879) mēḍēla a medal. ̃ধারী, মেডেল-পাওয়া a. medalled. মেডেল-পাওয়া লোক a medallist. 20)

(p. 866) minamina denoting: act of mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faintness; weakness; timidity. মিনমিনে a. mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faint; weak; faint-hearted. 13)

(p. 839) manhana churning; stirring; agitating, agitation; trampling; destroying, destruction. মন্হন করা v. to churn; to stir, to agitate; to trample; to destroy. ̃দণ্ড n. a churning-stick. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড n. a churning-pot, (cp.) a churn. ̃রজ্জু n. a rope to which a churning-stick is fitted during the process of churning, a churning-rope. মন্হনী n. a churning-stick; a churningpot; a churn. 21)

(p. 874) musā Moses. 43)

(p. 878) mṛta dead, deceased, defunct; lifeless; inanimate. ̃কল্প, ̃প্রায়, ̃বত্ a. almost or nearly dead, dying, moribund. ̃দার a. masc. one whose wife is dead. মৃতদার ব্যক্তি a widower. ̃দেহ n. a dead body; corpse (of a human being); carcass (of an animal). ̃বত্সা a fem. (usually) giving birth to still-born babies. ̃সঞ্জীবনী a. capable of bringing back the dead to life. n. anything (esp. a medicine) capable of bringing back the dead to life. মৃতাশৌচ n. personal impurity caused by the death of a blood-relation. 3)

(p. 852) mānya same as মাননীয় । n. honour, respect, cordial reception (মান্য করা); a gift of honour, a complimentary present (মান্য দেওয়া); compliance, observance. fem. a. মান্যা । মান্য করা v. to honour, to respect, to accord cordial reception (to); to comply with, to observe. ̃গণ্য a. respectable and important. ̃বর a. highly honourable or venerable or respectable. ̃বরেষু adv. to a highly respectable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter). 133)

(p. 872) muḍ়ō2 pollarded or lopped (মুড়ো গাছ); worn-out or decayed (মুড়ো ঝাঁটা) । 39)

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

(p. 882) mōraga (as masc.) the cock; (as neut.) a fowl, a chicken. মোরগের ঝুটি n. a cock's comb, a cockscomb. মোরগের ডাক crow, cock- a-doodle. ̃ফুল n. the cock'scomb, the yellow-rattle, Celosia cristata. 33)

(p. 852) māṭakalāi groundnut, monkey-nut, earth-nut. 34)

(p. 863) mālāicāki the knee-pan, the knee-cap, the patella. 18)