(p. 866) miniṭa the sixtieth part of an hour or of a degree, a minute; a moment. মিনিটে মিনিটে adv. every minute, every moment; repeatedly; at short intervals. 19)

(p. 838) manōnētra same as মানসনেত্র see মানস । 17)

(p. 867) milana union; combination; unity; alliance; reconciliation, reconcilement; meeting; meeting or union of lovers; sexual union; wedding, bridal (মিলনবাসর). মিলন করা, মিলন ঘটানো v. to unite; to combine; to reconcile; to cause to meet; to cause to meet sexually or amorously; to wed, to marry. ̃স্হান n. a meeting-place; a tryst. মিলনান্ত, মিলনান্তক a. ending in union; ending happily. মিলনান্তক নাটক a. comedy. মিলনোত্সব n. a conference or assembly; a social gathering. 9)

(p. 874) murada, murōda ability; power; strength. 24)

(p. 852) mātula a mother's brother or cousinbrother, a maternal uncle. fem. মাতুলানী, মাতুলী the wife of a maternal uncle. মাতুলালয় n. the home or residence of a maternal uncle. 63)

(p. 852) mānada bestowing or conferring honour upon; fetching honour to. 99)

(p. 867) miramunaśi chief clerk, head clerk; chief secretary. 5)

(p. 831) mana1 a measure of weight (=4 seers or about 82 lbs.), a maund. ̃কষা n. the system of calculating weight in terms of maunds, seers etc. ̃কে adv. for each maund, each maund; in every or each maund. 56)

(p. 879) mēṭē2 made of clay or earth (মেটে পুতুল); mud-built (মেটে ঘর); plastered with clay or terra-cotta (দোমেটে); of earthy complexion, mud-coloured. মেটে সাপ a non-venomous mud-coloured snake. 17)

(p. 846) maśa maśa suggesting: the sound caused by the twisting of tanned hide as of boots; squeaking noise of new shoes etc. মশ মশ করে চলা (fig.) to strut. 3)

(p. 882) mōcaḍ় a contortion; a wring, a twist, a wriggle; a wrench; (fig.) constraint, pressure. মোচড় দেওয়া v. to contort; to wring, to twist, to wriggle; to wrench; (fig.) to constrain, to put (undue) pressure. মোচড়ানো v. to twist; to contort; to wring; to wriggle. মোচড়া-মুচড়ি n. repeated contortion or wringing or twisting or wriggling or wrenching; (fig.) persistent solicitation or higgling. মোচড়ামুচড়ি করা v. to contort or wring or twist or wriggle or wrench; (fig.) to solicit or higgle persistently. 9)

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

(p. 864) māṣa1, māṣakalāi a kind of dal or pulse. 12)

(p. 843) marā2 to die; (of trees etc.) to wither; to be ruined (চাকরি গেলে মরবে); to be extremely troubled or afflicted (ভেবে মরা); to be strongly seized with (লজ্জায় মরা); to suffer or be punished (বদমাশি করলে মরবে); to dry up, to silt up (নদী মরা); to be allayed, to abate (ব্যথা মরা); to decrease (তেজ মরা); to weaken (পেট মরা); to be spiritless (অভাবে মরে থাকা); to be out (বাতাসে আলো গেল মরে). a. dead; withered; dried up, silted up; allayed, abated; decreased; weak or weakened; utterly spiritless; extinct; dim. অনাহারে মরা v. to die of hunger, to starve; to famish. মরমে মরা v. to be extremely mortified or ashamed. মরতে মরতে বাঁচা v. to come back from the jaws of death. মরে বাঁচা v. to be relieved from suffering by death. মরে মরে impairing one's health utterly; with utmost strain and difficulty. জীয়ন্তে মরা more dead than alive. মরা নাড়ি, মরা পেট stomach weakened on account of continued under-feeding. 2)

(p. 852) māpā to measure; to weigh; to survey (জমি মাপা); to measure the depth of, to sound; (fig.) to try to assess the importance or weight of. a. measured; weighed; surveyed; sounded; restrained, controlled, restricted (মাপা কথা, মাপা খাওয়া). ̃জোখা, ̃জোকা a. conforming accurately to a particular measure, measured; restrained, controlled, restricted. n. measuring or surveying. মাপানো v. to cause to measure or weigh or survey or sound. 136)