(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 839) maẏalā excrement, faeces, stool, dung; refuse; filth, soil, dirt; gloom, melancholy; angularity, crookedness (মনের ময়লা). a. filthy; dirty, soiled; (of complexion) dark; not bright or clear, clouded, overcast (ময়লা আকাশ); glum, melancholy (ময়লা মুখ); crooked (ময়লা মন). ময়লা করা v. to soil. ময়লার গাড়ি a scavenger's cart or van or train, a night-soil cart. ̃টে a. slightly soiled; appearing to be soiled; (of complexion) darkish; slightly clouded or overcast; slightly glum. 49)

(p. 852) māra3 beating or striking or thrashing or flogging. মার খাওয়া v. to be beaten up or flogged. মার দেওয়া a. to beat, to flog. ̃কাট n. fighting and bloodshed; tumultuous brawl or affray; feverish haste and fuss; higgling. adv. & a. at best. ˜কুটে a. given to beating on slightest pretext. ̃খেকো a. one who is often flogged. ̃ধর n. beating or flogging; beating and arresting (as by the police). ̃পিট n. mutual fighting; fray; an affray, a riot; beating or flogging (esp. excessive). ̃মার কাটকাট n. same as কাট । a. tumultuous, noisily violent, turbulent. ̃মুখো a. about to strike or hurt; aggressive; frightening, threatening, menacing. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মূর্তি a. about to strike or hurt; having an aggressive or menacing appearance. n. aggressive or menacing appearance. 151)

(p. 852) mānapatra an address of honour, a written felicitation. 104)

(p. 874) muṣaḍ়ānō to become downhearted or depressed or discouraged. মুষড়ে পড়া same as মুষড়ানো । 37)

(p. 831) matkṛta done or performed by me. 21)

(p. 885) mauli a crown, diadem; the head or forehead; hair done in a bun on the crown of the head. 19)

(p. 852) mādhukarī act of begging from door to door like the bee gathering honey from flower to flower. 83)

(p. 831) matihāri grown in Matihari. n. tobacco growing in Matihari. 27)

(p. 847) -mahalā2 rehearsal (of a dramatic performance); practice (নাচের মহলা); demonstration (বিদ্যাবুদ্ধির মহলা). মহলা দেওয়া v. to rehearse; to practise; to give a demonstration of. 21)

(p. 885) maulabi (Mus.) a Mohammedan scholar or teacher. 17)

(p. 885) mausuma a season; a fixed time or period of the year for occurrence or performance of something, a tide; the monsoon; the rainy season, the rains. মৌসুমি a. seasonal (মৌসুমি ফুল); periodical (মৌসুমি ভ্রমণ); monsoonal (মৌসুমি বাতাস). ̃বায়ু the monsoon.

(p. 879) mējāja mood (of the mind); the habitual frame of mind, temperament; a fit of ill-humour or rage, temper. মেজাজ খারাপ থাকা v. to be out of humour. মেজাজ খারাপ হওয়া v. to run out of humour; to be in temper. মেজাজ দেখানো v. (usu. dero.) to show temper. মেজাজ ভালো থাকা v. to be in good humour. মেজাজ ভালো হওয়া v. to recover one's good humour. খারাপ মেজাজ ill humour. খিট্খিটে মেজাজ billious or peevish temperament. খোশমেজাজ see খোশ । বদমেজাজ see বদ । ভালো মেজাজ good humour. রুক্ষ মেজাজ choleric or haughty temperament. হাসিখুশি মেজাজ jolly or jovial temperament. মেজাজি a. having a particular or typical temperament (বদমেজাজি). vainglorious, haughty; stylish (মেজাজি খেলা); in lofty or hot temper or mood. 13)

(p. 864) māhiṣya a caste amongst Hindus; a member of this caste. 30)

(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)