(p. 879) mēthara a cleanser of filth and nightsoil; a scavenger, a sweeper. fem. মেথরানি । ̃গিরি n. the profession of the aforesaid cleanser or sweeper; scavenging. 23)

(p. 839) maẏūkha a ray, a beam; lustre, glow. ̃মালী n. the sun. 52)

(p. 844) malamāsa (Hindu astr.) an intercalary month; (astrol.) an inauspicious month for marriage, etc. 15)

(p. 872) mudārā (mus.) the scale of the medium tone, (cp.) barytone. 44)

(p. 846) masi, masī ink; soot; a dark stain or spot. ̃কার n. one who inks, an inker, (loos.) an inkman. ̃কৃষ্ণ a. black as ink or soot, deep black. ̃চিহ্নিত a. marked with ink; having a dark stain or spot. ̃তুল্য, ̃বত্ a. inky, black as ink; very black. ̃নিন্দিত a. even blacker than ink or soot. ̃ময় a. sooty, smudgy; smudged; inky; very black; extremely dark. ̃মাখা, ̃লিপ্ত a. smeared with ink or soot; very black or dark. ̃লাঞ্ছিত same as ̃নিন্দিত । 13)

(p. 846) masalina a very fine and soft cotton fabric, muslin. 12)

(p. 829) maṅgōla, maṅgōlīẏa a Mongol. a. Mongol, Mongolian, Mongoloid. মঙ্গোলয়েড n. a Mongoloid. a. Mongoloid. 3)

(p. 882) mōma beeswax. মোম মাখানো v. to wax. ̃জামা, ̃ঢাল n. waxcloth. ̃বাতি n. a waxcandle. ̃বাতিদান n. a candlestick. ̃বাতি বিক্রেতা n. a wax-chandler. মোমের কাগজ wax-paper. মোমের পুতুল a waxdoll. 31)

(p. 846) masalanda a very finely-woven mat. 11)

(p. 847) -mahalā1 having a particular number of self-contained portions or parts of a building (সাতমহলা বাড়ি). 20)

(p. 846) masijībī one who earn's one's living by writing books, pamphlets, articles etc.; a writer; a scribe; a journalist; an office-clerk, (coll.) a pen-pusher. 14)

(p. 828) m the twenty-fifth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 867) mila2 union; combination; addition; concord, harmony, agreement (মতের মিল); unsion (সুরের মিল); balancing (হিসাবের মিল); similarity, likeness (চেহারার মিল); friendly terms; good terms; reconciliation, reconcilement (বিরোধীদের মিল); fitting (জোরের মুখে মিল); (pros.) rhyme (কবিতার মিল). মিল করা v. to unite; to combine; to add (up); to harmonize; to balance; to reconcile; to fit; (pros.) to put into rhyme. to rhyme. মিল দেওয়া v. to add; (pros.) to find out a rhyme for to rhyme. মিল হওয়া v. to be in harmony, to agree; to be reconciled; to be balanced. to tally; to be fitting, to fit; (pros.) to be in rhyme, to rhyme. ̃মিলাও, ̃মিশ n. good terms, friendly terms; amicability. ̃যুক্ত a. rhyming; rhymed; ̃হীন a. unrhymed, without rhyme. 8)

(p. 852) mānana, mānanā honouring or respecting; cordial reception; obeying; believing; acknowledgement, owing admission; heading; observance; act of calling on or appealing to or citing; act of promising to offer in sacrifice, vowing. 102)

(p. 831) manḍapa a roofed or otherwise covered terrace or place usu. with four sides open; a pavilion. 14)