(p. 852) mādaka intoxicating, inebriant (মাদক দ্রব্য). n. an intoxicant, an inebriant, a drug. মাদক গ্রহন বা সেবন করা v. to take drug esp. narcotics habitually, to drug; to drug oneself. ̃তা n. intoxicating property or power. ̃বর্জন n. abstention from drug-taking; prohibition. মাদকবর্জন করা v. to abstain from drug-taking. ̃সেবন n. drug-addiction. ̃সেবী a. addicted to drugs esp. narcotics. n. a drug-addict, a drug-fiend. 73)

(p. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)

(p. 831) mada vanity, pride; arrogance; intoxication; frenzy; infatuation; great joy or elation; musk; wine; intoxicating juice (মহুয়ার মদ); a watery exudation from the cheeks, temple etc. of an elephant in rut. মদ খাওয়া v. to drink wine, to drink. ̃খোর a. addicted to drinking wine. মদখোর লোক a drunkard. ̃গর্ব n. insane vanity or pride or arrogance. ̃গর্বিত, ̃গর্বী a. mad with vanity or pride or arrogance. fem. ̃গর্বিতা । ̃মত্ত a. raving on account of being drunk; mad with vanity; (of an elephant) in rut. fem. ̃মত্তা । মদমত্ত হাতি an elephant in rut; a must elephant. 33)

(p. 852) māna3 huff caused by undesirable behaviour of a beloved person; tiff, sulks, pique. মান করা v. to be in a huff, to huff, to sulk. মান ভরে adv. in a fit of pique or resentment. মান ভাঙানো v. to win over or placate a beloved who is in a huff. 94)

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

(p. 831) manḍana ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; toilet; overlaying or studding; an ornament. 13)

(p. 847) mahīmanḍala the earth, the entire earth. 38)

(p. 886) mriẏamāṇa (ori.) dying, moribund; (pop.) glum, melancholy, deeply distressed, sorrowful. fem. ম্রিয়মাণা । 14)

(p. 879) mēlāmēśā intimancy; association; close relationship. 50)

(p. 831) madhyōnnati (astr.) the meridian altitude. 55)

(p. 866) minā, minē enamel; enamelling. মিনা করা v. to enamel. মিনে-করা a. enamelled. 15)

(p. 874) mulatubi postponed, adjourned; deferred (মুলতুবি পাওনা); held in abeyance (মুলতুবি আইন). মুলতুবি রাখা বা করা v. to postpone, to adjourn; to defer; to put or hold in abeyance. 32)

(p. 828) makkēla a client (of a pleader, barrister, attorney etc.) ̃হীন a. (of a legal practitioner) briefless. 18)

(p. 829) majā2 pleasure; enjoyment; comfort and luxury (মজায় থাকা); sport, frolic; fun; banter, joke; a funny or pleasant affair or object. মজা করা v. to make fun (of); to make a song of; to pull one's leg; to indulge in pleasures and frolics. মজা টের পাওয়া v. to feel the weight or brunt of adventure or danger or difficulty; to feel the pinch of; to feel the evil consequences; to be punished, to have to kiss the rod. মজা টের পাওয়ানো, মজা দেখানো v. to drag one into a danger or trouble as a punishment; to punish; to teach one a lesson; to make one feel the evil consequences of. মজা দেখা v. to take delight in other's trouble; to view other's trouble with secret joy. মজা মারা, মজা লোটা v. to enjoy; to indulge in pleasures and frolics; to enjoy undue benefit from something; to live amidst pleasure and luxury. মজার গল্প a funny or amusing story. 9)

(p. 878) mṛttikā earth; clay, mud; soil; the ground; the earth; the world. বাহিত মৃত্তিকা (geog.) transported soil. ̃গঠিত ̃নির্মিত same as মৃন্ময় । ̃গর্ভ n. the bowels or inside of the earth; an underground place, the underground. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড same as মৃত্পাত্র (see মৃত্). ̃ভোজন n. geophagy. ̃ভোজী a. geophagous. 5)