(p. 879) mēla1 the letter-conveying post, the mail; any vehicle carrying the mail. a. carrying the mail (মেলভ্যান). 43)

(p. 851) māika, māikrōphōna a microphone, a mike. 16)

(p. 867) mirāsa land held under hereditary title; the right of hereditary occupation. মিরাস-ইজারা n. lease or settlement of land to be enjoyed hereditarily. 6)

(p. 852) mānē meaning, interpretation, import, significance, implication; motive, purpose, cause (আন্দোলনের মানে); utility (জমি পতিত রাখার মানে কী?). মানে করা v. to interpret; to expound; to explain. মানে বোঝা v. to comprehend the meaning or motive or intention or utility of. মানে বোঝানো v. to mean, to signify; to imply; to explain the meaning of. মানে হওয়া v. to serve a purpose; to be of any use; to convey a meaning. 126)

(p. 831) maḍ়ighara a morgue. 7)

(p. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

(p. 872) mugdha fascinated; enchanted, bewitched; highly attracted, captivated; spellbound; engrossed, absorbed (ধ্যানমুগ্ধ) entranced (আবেশমুগ্ধ); foolishly doting (স্নেহমুগ্ধ); enamoured of; foolish or ignorant (মুগ্ধবোধ); simple, naive (মুগ্ধস্বভাব) fem. মুগ্ধা । মুগ্ধ করা v. to fascinate; to enchant, to bewitch; to attract highly, to captivate; to engross or absorb; to entrance. 18)

(p. 874) munaśi a clerk, a scrivener, a scribe; a secretary; an Urdu teacher; a munshi. ̃য়ানা n. erudition; skill in drafting or composition; calligraphy; skill; virtuosity. খানমুনশি n. a private secretary. 7)

(p. 852) mātana maddened state; act of running amuck; frenzy; madness; (of elephants etc.) must; state of being beside oneself; absorption; feverish enthusiasm; excitement; revelry; a revel-rout; fermentation. 52)

(p. 844) malamala a fine cotton fabric. 14)

(p. 829) majādāra funny; amusing; delicious, palatable (মজাদার খাবার). 10)

(p. 839) marami cognizant or appreciative of the spirit of anything; mystic (মরমি কবি); sympathetic (মরমি বন্ধু). 61)

(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) māchi the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or transcribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a flybane. 21)

(p. 844) maśaka2 the mosquito. ̃দংশন n. mosquito-bite. ̃সংকুল a. mosquito-infested. 27)