(p. 851) māila a mile. ̃পোষ্ট n. a mile-stone, a mile-post. 22)

(p. 852) mācharāṅā the kingfisher. 20)

(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. 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. 864) mālumakāṭha a mast (of a ship). 7)

(p. 831) maḍ়ighara a morgue. 7)

(p. 862) mārkasabāda Marxism, the theory of Karl Marx. 9)

(p. 844) malā2 to trample; to rub; to scrub; to thresh; to thrash. 17)

(p. 828) magaja brains; intelligence; the intellect or the pate; memory. 23)

(p. 852) mānakali a quarrel between husband and wife; a lover's quarrel. 96)

(p. 865) mitabhāṣī economical in speech, taciturn; reticent, reserved. fem. মিতভাষিণী । মিতভাষিতা n. economy of speech, taciturnity; reticence, reservedness. 20)

(p. 838) manōmadhyē in one's mind, at heart, inwardly.

(p. 852) mātānō to send one mad; (of elephants etc.) to cause to be in must; to send one amuck; to madden; to overwhelm; to cause to be absorbed (in); to excite greatly; to cause to indulge in a revelrout; to delight greatly; to ferment. a. maddening, highly delightful (মনমাতানো গন্ধ). 59)

(p. 882) mōṭā fat, corpulent, fatty, adipose, bulky; voluminous (মোটা বই); thick, coarse (মোটা কাপড়, মোটা চাল); grave or hoarse (মোটা স্বর); dull (মোটা বুদ্ধি); heavy (মোটা খরচ); large (মোটা আয়); high or handsome (মোটা মাইনে); plain. simple; gross, rough, ordinary, pedestrian (চিত্রাদিতে মোটা কাজ). মোটা ভাতকাপড় plain living. ̃নো v. to grow fat, to fatten, to put on weight or flesh. ̃মাথা n. a dullard, a fathead. a. fatheaded, stupid. ̃মুটি a. roughly or grossly estimating (মোটামুটি একমাস); rough (মোটামুটি হিসাব); doing away with formalities, summary (মোটামুটি বিচার); cursory (মোটামুটি পাঠ); moderate, middling (মোটামুটি অবস্হা). adv. roughly; grossly; summarily; cursorily; moderately; on the whole. ̃সোটা a. burly; stout and strong. 16)

(p. 844) marma the part of the body which is the seat of vital airs; the heart; the core of the heart; inmost feelings or convictions; the heart of heart(s), the inmost heart; essence; implications, (inner) significance; gist; underlying truth; motive (কাজের মর্ম); mystery (মর্মোদ্ধার). মর্ম জানা বা বোঝা v. to know or grasp the implication or (inner) significance (of); to know one's inner feelings or convictions, to know one's heart; (dero.) to learn one's secret intentions, to fathom one's heart. মর্মে আঘাত করা v. to wound one's inmost feelings, to cut to the quick; to move one deeply; to give a home thrust. এই মর্মে to this effect. মর্মে মর্মে with all one's heart, thoroughly and deeply. ̃কথা n. inmost feelings or convictions, heart of hearts; mystery; underlying implication; gist, essence. মর্মগ্রহন করা v. to comprehend or grasp the implication or (inner) significance (of). ̃গ্রাহী a. comprehending or grasping the implication or (inner) significance; capable of realizing one's inner feelings or convictions, sympathetic. ̃ঘাতী a. cutting to the quick, heartstriking. fem. ̃ঘাতিনী । ̃জ্ঞ a. cognizant of the implication or (inner) significance; cognizant of the value of; conversant with one's inner feelings or convictions. ̃জ্বালা, ̃দাহ n. secret grudge or envy or grief or agony, heart-burning. ̃দাহী a. wounding one's feelings deeply, cutting to the quick; extremely agonizing. ̃ন্তুদ same as ̃বিদারী । ̃পীড়া n. heart-ache; mental affliction or suffering; mortification; (rare) heart-burning. ̃পীড়িত a. grieved at heart; mortified. fem. ̃পীড়িতা । ̃বিদারী a. heart-rending; cutting to the quick; extremely pathetic (মর্মবিদারী দৃশ্য). ̃বেদনা, ̃ব্যথা n. heart-ache, heart-grief; mortification. মর্মভেদ করা v. to drive into the heart, to strike the heart; (pop.) to comprehend the implication or (inner) significance (of); (loos.) to fish out one's secret intentions or designs; to fathom one's heart. ̃ভেদী a. driving into the heart, heartstriking, heart-rending. ̃যন্ত্রণা same as ̃পীড়া । ̃স্হল n. the core of the heart; the most vital or delicate part of the heart; (cp.) the quick; the heart. ̃স্পর্শী a. touching the inmost feelings, touching, pathetic; impressive; cutting to the quick. মর্মাঘাত n. a shock to one's heart or feelings; a home thrust; a very grievous hurt; a death-blow. মর্মান্তিক a. heart-breaking, heart-rending, cutting to the quick; piteous, pathetic; very grievous or fatal. মর্মাবগত same as ̃জ্ঞ মর্মাবধারণ করা same as মর্মগ্রহণ করা । মর্মার্থ n. underlying implication; inner significance, gist. মর্মাহত a. mortified; terribly sorry or aggrieved; wounded at heart; anguished. 4)