(p. 863) mālatī a kind of jasmine or its plant. ̃ফল n. nutmeg. 9)

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

(p. 863) mālācandana garlands and sandal-paste with which an adorable or honourable person is received. মালাচন্দন দেওয়া v. to receive with garlands and sandal-paste; (fig.) to receive with honour. 21)

(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. 879) mērudaṇḍa the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column; (fig.) strength or firmness of character. ̃হীন a. having no backbone, spineless, invertebrate; (fig.) lacking in strength of character. মেরুদণ্ডহীন প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Invertebrata. মেরুদণ্ডী a. having a backbone or spine, vertebrate. মেরুদণ্ডী প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Vertebrata. 41)

(p. 852) mātsarya envy, malice, spite; grudge, malevolence. 55)

(p. 852) mājha the middle, the centre; the inside or interior; the midst or company (পুরুষের মাঝে); the bottom of one's heart (আমার মাঝে) a. middle, half (মাঝপথ). মাঝ থেকে from the middle or centre or inside or interior or midst; from the bottom of one's heart; being innocently or unnecessarily involved (তোমরা করলে চুরি আর মাঝ থেকে সে খেল মার). ̃খান same as মাঝ (n.) ̃খানে same as মাঝে । ̃দরিয়া n. mid-stream; mid-ocean, mid-sea. ̃নদী n. mid-river, mid-stream. ̃নদীতে adv. half way into the river. মাঝে adv. meanwhile, in the meantime. মাঝেমধ্যে, মাঝেমাঝে adv. off and on, from time to time, at times. 28)

(p. 866) mitrākṣara the rhymed verse, verse with end-rhyme. 8)

(p. 885) maujā a village; a group or block of villages regarded as an administrative unit (cp. a county). 6)

(p. 882) mōcaḍ় a contortion; a wring, a twist, a wriggle; a wrench; (fig.) constraint, pressure. মোচড় দেওয়া v. to contort; to wring, to twist, to wriggle; to wrench; (fig.) to constrain, to put (undue) pressure. মোচড়ানো v. to twist; to contort; to wring; to wriggle. মোচড়া-মুচড়ি n. repeated contortion or wringing or twisting or wriggling or wrenching; (fig.) persistent solicitation or higgling. মোচড়ামুচড়ি করা v. to contort or wring or twist or wriggle or wrench; (fig.) to solicit or higgle persistently. 9)

(p. 865) miṭā, mēṭā to be accomplished or finished (কাজ মেটা); to be removed or relieved (দুঃখ মিটেছে); to be settled or compromised (বিবাদ মিটল); to be satisfied or fulfilled (সাধ মেটানো); to be paid off (পাওনা মেটা); to be compensated or compounded (লোকসান মেটা); (book-keeping) to be balanced. 7)

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

(p. 879) mērajāi a kind of waistcoat. 37)

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

(p. 874) munīndra a chief hermit. 15)