(p. 862) mārāmāri a scuffle; an affray; mutual fighting; hard higgling. মারামারি করা v. to scuffle; to fight mutually. 5)

(p. 885) maula relating to or originating from the root, radical; original; primary, fundamental, basic; (sc.) elemental. n. (sc.) an element. মৌল নীতি a basic or fundamental principle. মৌল পদার্থ (sc.) an element. মৌল শিক্ষা basic education. 16)

(p. 839) mantribara (in courtesy) a great minister, (cp.) the hon'ble minister. 18)

(p. 844) malaẏa a mountain range in South India, the Western Ghats (also মলয়গিরি, মলয়াচল); the ancient name of Malabar or of the Malay Peninsula; the south wind or vernal breeze; (cp.) zephyr (also মলয়পবন, মলয়বায়ু, মলয়মারুত, মলয়সমীর, মলয়সমীরণ, মলয়ানিল). ̃জ a. grown on the Malaya (মলয়) mountains. n. sandal-wood, sandal; the south wind; the vernal breeze. মলয়জশীতল a. cooled by the south wind. 16)

(p. 852) mānanīẏa honourable; venerable; respectable. fem. মাননীয়া । মাননীয়েষু adv. to an honourable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter). fem. মাননীয়াসু ।. 103)

(p. 864) māstula a mast (of a ship). 28)

(p. 882) mōllā (Mus.) a Muslim theologian or priest or teacher, a mullah, a mollah. ̃গিরি n. the profession or office of a mullah. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by or predominantly influenced by mullahs (cp. mollahcracy). মোল্লার দৌড় মসজিদ পর্যন্ত (dero.) one with restricted knowledge cannot go beyond the range of one's learning, a churchman becomes a fish out of water outside the church, the utmost reach of one's tether. 38)

(p. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(p. 863) mālācandana garlands and sandal-paste with which an adorable or honourable person is received. মালাচন্দন দেওয়া v. to receive with garlands and sandal-paste; (fig.) to receive with honour. 21)

(p. 847) mahanmadi Mohammedan, Muslim. n. a Mohammedan. 14)

(p. 846) maśā the mosquito. ডাঁশ মশা n. the gnat. মশা মারতে কামান দাগা (fig.) to crush a butterfly on a wheel. 5)

(p. 830) maṭana mutton. ̃চপ n. a mutton-chop. 23)

(p. 830) maṭa, maṭ denoting: a snapping noise as caused by the splitting or twisting of anything hard. মট্ করে adv. with a cracking or snapping sound. মট্মট্ int. denoting repeated মট্ sound. 19)

(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. 852) māthurā of Mathura (মথুরা) in India. n. a cycle of songs ventilating the sorrow of the people of Brindaban caused by Krishna's (কৃষ্ণ) departure to Mathura; song of this cycle. 72)