(p. 864) māsika monthly. n. monthly obsequies; a monthly journal, a monthly; the menses, monthlies, periods. 25)

(p. 852) māgha the tenth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of January to the middle of February). মাঘী a. of the month of Magha (মাঘ). n. the fullmoon day in the month of Magha (also মাঘী পূর্ণিমা). মাঘোত্সব n. a religious festival observed by the Brahmo Samaj in the month of Magha (মাঘ). 16)

(p. 867) mukhara garrulous, talkative, long-tongued; acrimonious in speech, mouthy, sharp-tongued; shrewish, quarrelsome; noisy (মুখর নূপুর); resounded or resounding or reverberating; loud; voluble; clamorous. মুখরা a. fem. clamorous, loud-tongued, shrewish. n. a termagant, a vixen. মুখরিত a. resounded; resounding; giving out a noise, full of noise. 45)

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

(p. 830) maṭa, maṭ denoting: a snapping noise as caused by the splitting or twisting of anything hard. মট্ করে adv. with a cracking or snapping sound. মট্মট্ int. denoting repeated মট্ sound. 19)

(p. 852) mādhyama a medium. 87)

(p. 874) muphata & a. cost-free, gratuitous; without remuneration, gratis. মুফতে adv. cost-free; gratuitously; free of cost. 16)

(p. 844) malāṭa a cover of a book, a back (cp. paper-back); a jacket of a book. 19)

(p. 862) mārjana scouring or scrubbing; cleansing (as of teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc.; rubbing; polishing (as of gold ornaments); freeing from sin, fault etc. chastening, absolution; chiselling. মার্জনা same as মার্জন,, and-forgiving; pardon. মার্জনা করা v. to forgive, to pardon; to scour or scrub; to cleanse; to rub; to polish; to free from sin, fault etc., to chasten, to absolve; to chisel. মার্জনাহীন a. unforgiving; relentless. মার্জনী n. any implement for scrubbing or scouring or cleansing or rubbing with, a besom, a broom, a brush, a towel, a napkin etc. 16)

(p. 872) mucaki half-expressed by the turning up of lips, (cp.) smirky (মুচকি হাসি) 20)

(p. 831) matpraṇīta written or compiled or composed by me. 22)

(p. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 847) mahiṣa the buffalo. ̃ধ্বজ, ̃বাহন n. appellations of Yama (যম), the god of death. ̃মর্দিনী n. fem. (myth.) Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) who slew the demon Mahisa (মহিষ); (fig.) a terrible female warrior, (cp.) an amazon; (facet.) a termagant. 31)

(p. 847) mahaphila a sitting or soiree of music, a musical soiree. 13)

(p. 831) manḍala a circular or spherical area; a sphere, a circle, a ring, an orb, a globe (ভূমন্ডল, দিঙ্মন্ডল); an area; a region (নক্ষত্রমন্ডল); an empire, a vast territory or kingdom; a country; a district, a village, a locality, a zone (বজ্রমন্ডল); a community (প্রজামন্ডল); an assemblage, a congregation (মন্ত্রিমন্ডল, ভক্তমন্ডল); (geom.) a group; a village headman; a headman, a leader. ̃পট্ট n. (phys.) a zone plate. মন্ডল পরিদর্শক n. a circle inspector. মন্ডলাকার a. circular, spherical, round, globular. মন্ডলী n. a collection, a multitude; a community; an assemblage; a congregation; a circle (মন্ডলী করে বসা). মন্ডলীকৃত a. formed into a circle or coil. মন্ডলেশ্বর n. a paramount ruler (esp. of a vast territory); an emperor. 15)