(p. 885) mauktika a pearl; nacre. 2)

(p. 839) maraji will, desire, pleasure, sweet will. যদি তোমার মরজি হয় if you please, if you would. যেমন তোমার মরজি as you please. ̃মাফিক a. & adv. as or when one pleases. 57)

(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. 852) mājā1 the waist, the loins. 25)

(p. 831) maḍ়maḍ় denoting noise of crashing of a hard substance. 5)

(p. 847) mahallā part or quarter of a town, a ward. 22)

(p. 830) mañjura sanctioned, approved, granted; permitted; accepted, admitted (আপিল মঞ্জুর হওয়া). মঞ্জুর করা v. to sanction, to approve; to grant; to permit; to accept, to admit. 16)

(p. 867) milā, mēlā to meet together; to meet; to assemble; to get on or pull on together (ভাইয়ে ভাইয়ে মেলে না); to fit (জোড় মেলা); to agree, to correspond; to mix well or perfectly; to agree with the given result (অন্ক মিলেছে); to be balanced, to tally (হিসাব মেলা); (pros.) to rhyme; to be available (বাজারে মাছ মেলে না); to be procured or obtained (চাকরি মেলা). মিলানো. v. to cause to meet together, to bring together; to cause to meet; to assemble; to fit; to cause to agree or correspond; to mix well or perfectly; to cause to agree with the given result; to balance, to tally; to compare (অন্কের ফল মিলানো); (pros.) to rhyme; to make available; to procure. মেলামেশা n. social intercourse; intimate association, familiarity. মেলামেশা করা v. to communicate socially; to make free with. 11)

(p. 874) munāsiba to one's liking or choice, agreeable to; fit, worthy. 10)

(p. 844) malla a wrestler; an athlete; a champion. ̃ক্রীড়া n. wrestling; athletics. মল্লক্রীড়া করা v. to wrestle; to take part in athletics. ̃প্রতিযোগিতা n. a wrestling contest; an athletic tournament. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art of wrestling. ̃বেশ n. a wrestler's garb or uniform; (fig.) ̃ভূমি n. a wrestling ground or a venue for athletic tournaments, an arena. ̃যুদ্ধ n. wrestling. মল্লযুদ্ধ করা v. to wrestle. ̃যোদ্ধা n. wrestler. 23)

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 852) mādrāsā a madrasa, a madrasah. 81)

(p. 851) mā2 mother; (coll.) mom, mamma, mama, ma; (of beasts) dam. মায়ের জাত womenfolk, womanhood, womankind. মায়ের দয়া (fig.) small pox or chicken pox. 14)

(p. 885) mauṭusi a very tiny bird sucking the honey of flowers, the sunbird. 7)

(p. 876) mūlōcchēda karā, mūlōtpāṭana extirpation, eradication; (fig.) complete destruction. মূলোচ্ছেদ করা, মূলোত্পাটন করা v. to uproot, to root out, to extirpate, to eradicate; (fig.) to pay for; to destroy completely or thoroughly. 20)