(p. 879) mēhērabāna kind, benevolent; merciful. মেহেরবানি n. kindness; benevolence; mercy; graciousness. মেহেরবানি করে adv. kindly, please; graciously. 60)

(p. 851) mahōdaẏa very generous or high-minded or high-souled; highly prosperous or opulent; greatly elevated or exalted. fem. মহোদয়া । 8)

(p. 852) māmā a brother or cousin-brother of one's mother, a maternal uncle, an uncle. ̃তো a. descended from one's maternal uncle, avuncular. মামাতো ভাই বা বোন a cousin. ̃শ্বশুর n. a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an uncle-in-law. 143)

(p. 852) mārabēla marble; a little hard ball (ori. made of marble) used by boys in play, a marble. মারবেল-পাহাড় n. a marble rock.

(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 866) mithuna a male and a female, a couple, a pair; (astr. & astrol.) the Twins, the Gemini (also মিথুনরাশি). 9)

(p. 885) maurbī a bowstring (esp. one made of the bowstring hemp). 14)

(p. 882) mōktāra a mukhtar; a legally appointed representative, an attorney. ̃নামা n. a power-of-attorney. মোক্তারি n. mukhtarship. মোক্তারি করা v. to practise as a mukhtar. 4)

(p. 874) musammata (Mus.) an appellation affixed to the names of Muslim women, (cp.) Miss, Mrs. 41)

(p. 864) mālya a necklace; a chaplet or circlet; a string; a garland; a series, a row, a line. ̃বন a. wearing a garland; n. a mytholgical mountain. fem. a. ̃বতী । ̃দান n. the placing of a garland (round somebody's neck); garlanding. 9)

(p. 852) mānabindu (phys.) any of the fixed points (of a thermometer). 106)

(p. 879) mēṭuli, mēṭē1 the liver of a goat, sheep etc. taken as food. 16)

(p. 879) mēla2 union; unity; an assemblage, a gathering; mating (esp. of domestic animals); (loos.) the heredity of a family considered for matrimonial purposes. 44)

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

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)