(p. 864) māsa2 a month. মাসে, মাসে-মাসে adv. every month. a. monthly (মাসে দশ টাকা আয়). 14)

(p. 852) māku a shuttle (of weavers). 3)

(p. 872) mukhya chief, principal, main; pre-eminent; foremost, prime; original; major. মুখ্য আধিকারিক the chief officer. ̃কর্ম n. (gr.) a direct object. ̃ক্রিয়া n. a primary action; (gr.) a principal verb. মুখ্য জোয়ার high tide, flow tide. ̃তল n. the principal plane. মুখ্য নিরীক্ষক the chief auditor. মুখ্য নির্বাহক the chief executive officer. মুখ্য ন্যায়াধীশ chief judge. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the chief minister. 14)

(p. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

(p. 879) mēcētā freckles; lentigo. মেচেতা পড়া v. to be freckled. 9)

(p. 865) mitākṣarā an ancient Hindu treatise on the law and rules of inheritance.

(p. 876) mūṣā2, mūṣika the rat; the mouse (pl. mice). 23)

(p. 874) musalamāna, musalima a Mussulman, a Muslim. a. Mohammedan, Muslim. মুসলমানধর্ম n. Islam, Mohammedanism. মুসলমানি n. a Mohammedan female, a Muslim woman; the Muslim mode of life or fashion and practices; the Muslim custom of circumcision. a. Mohammedan. 42)

(p. 865) michimichi (coll.) for nothing, in vain, meaninglessly, uselessly. a. false; useless, meaningless. 3)

(p. 852) māpā to measure; to weigh; to survey (জমি মাপা); to measure the depth of, to sound; (fig.) to try to assess the importance or weight of. a. measured; weighed; surveyed; sounded; restrained, controlled, restricted (মাপা কথা, মাপা খাওয়া). ̃জোখা, ̃জোকা a. conforming accurately to a particular measure, measured; restrained, controlled, restricted. n. measuring or surveying. মাপানো v. to cause to measure or weigh or survey or sound. 136)

(p. 864) mālōpamā (rhet.) multiple similes stringed together. 8)

(p. 847) mahimamaẏa glorious; majestic; exalted; dignified. fem. মহিমময়ী । 28)

(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. 862) mārkā a mark, a sign, a brand. মার্কা দেওয়া v. to put a mark on, to mark; to brand. ̃মারা a. marked; branded (মার্কামারা চোর); notorious. 11)

(p. 843) martamāna a variety of banana originally grown in Martaban. 19)