(p. 879) mēlāni meeting or union; a crowd; a society or association; parting, farewell; farewell greetings; a parting gift a present, a gift. 48)

(p. 872) mudārā (mus.) the scale of the medium tone, (cp.) barytone. 44)

(p. 865) miṭāra1 a meter (ইলেকট্রিকের মিটার, ট্যাকসির মিটার). 10)

(p. 852) mātāla intoxicated with wine, drunk, drunken; sozzled; addicted to drinking wine esp. to excess; infatuated, beside oneself; saturated. n. a drunk person; a boozer, a drunkard. 61)

(p. 851) māipōṣa a sucking-bottle, a feedingbottle. 19)

(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. 831) manḍa gruel; starch; pulp; paste. 12)

(p. 879) mēsō the husband of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister, an uncle. 55)

(p. 863) mālakōśa, mālakōṣa Malkosh; an Indian musical mode. 6)

(p. 864) māluma feeling, perception, sensation. মালুম করা বা পাওয়া v. to feel, to perceive, to sense. মালুম হওয়া v. to be felt or perceived or sensed. 6)

(p. 839) maraśuma, marasuma a season; the time of the year for anything, a tide; opportune time of some continuance. পূজার মরশুম the Puja season. বড়দিনের মরশুম Christmas-tide. শীতের মরশুম the winter season, winter-time. মরশুমি a. seasonal. মরশুমিফুল a season flower. 63)

(p. 852) māḍ়ā to pound (ওষুধ মাড়া); to thresh (as corn); to tread or trample. মাড়াই n. threshing. মাড়ানো v. to tread or trample. 44)

(p. 876) mūla a root; an esculent root, a bulbous plant, a bulb; beginning; origin; a cause or source of origin; (of money) capital or principal (সুদেমূলে); foundation, base, basis (অমূলক); the basal or embedded part of anything, the foot (বৃক্ষমূল); (math.) a factor of a quantity, root. a. first, original; fundamental; basic; primary; principal; chief, main; real; (of invested money etc.) capital or principal. অবরোহ মূল (bot.) a hanging root. অস্হানিক মূল (bot.) an adventitious root. প্রধান মূল, মুখ্য মূল (bot.) a tap root. মূল উপাদান an essential element. মূল একক a fundamental unit. -মূলক sfx. caused by, originating from (ভ্রান্তিমূলক বিশ্বাস); (inc.) causing or exhibiting (দুঃখমূলক ব্যাপার). ̃কর্ম n. the original or principal work. ̃কারণ n. the first or primary or original cause; the rootcause; the real cause. ̃কেন্দ্র n. the principal centre; headquarters; (comm.) the head office; (geom.) the radical centre. ̃গত a. basic, fundamental; radical. মূল গায়েন the leading singer of a chorus. ̃গ্রন্হ n. the original text or manuscript, (cp.) the source-book. ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন same as মূলোচ্ছেদ । ̃জ a. originating from the root, radical. মূলজ প্রেষ n. (bot.) the root-pressure. ̃জীবী n. (bot.) a root-parasite. ̃ত same as মূলে । ̃তত্ত্ব n. the first or primary principle; the basic or fundamental truth. ̃ত্র n. (bot.) a root-cap. ̃দ a. (alg.) rational. n. (alg.) a rational quantity, a rational. ̃ধন n. capital or principal (invested). ̃ধর্ম n. the fundamental properties. ̃নীতি n. the fundamental or basic or primary principle. ̃প্রকৃতি n. the original or elemental nature; (theol.) same as আদ্যাশক্তি । ̃ভিত্তি n. the foundation, the groundwork; inauguration; the primary or principal ground or basis. ̃মন্ত্র n. an esoteric word or words uttered inwardly at prayer; the guiding principle; firm resolve (জীবনের মূলমন্ত্র). ̃রশ্মি n. (phys.) a direct ray. ̃রোম n. (bot.) a root-hair. ̃শিকড় (chiefly bot.) the main root. ̃সূত্র n. the fundamental rule or principle. মূলে adv. at the root or base; in the beginning, originally; primarily; basically, fundamentally; at all. মূলে ভুল করা to get hold of the wrong end of the stick. 14)

(p. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)

(p. 852) māmi the wife of a maternal uncle, an aunt. ̃শাশুড়ি fem. the wife of a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an aunt-in-law. 144)