(p. 831) maḍ়uñcē stillborn; giving birth to stillborn babies (মড়ুঞ্চে পোয়াতি). 9)

(p. 852) māja (bot.) pith within a stem. 23)

(p. 872) mukhya chief, principal, main; pre-eminent; foremost, prime; original; major. মুখ্য আধিকারিক the chief officer. ̃কর্ম n. (gr.) a direct object. ̃ক্রিয়া n. a primary action; (gr.) a principal verb. মুখ্য জোয়ার high tide, flow tide. ̃তল n. the principal plane. মুখ্য নিরীক্ষক the chief auditor. মুখ্য নির্বাহক the chief executive officer. মুখ্য ন্যায়াধীশ chief judge. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the chief minister. 14)

(p. 863) mālajhām̐pa a metre of Bengali versification. 7)

(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. 867) miśrita mixed, blended; compounded; hybridized; amalgamated; adulterated. মিশ্রিত করা v. to mix, to blend; to compound; to hybridize; to amalgamate; to adulterate. 22)

(p. 882) mōḍ়li the position and function of the headman; (sarcas.) unnecessary bossing, overbearing or masterful manner. 21)

(p. 829) majā1 to be drowned; to lose oneself (in) (প্রেমে মজা, নেশায় মজা); to be charmed (with) or won over (by) (কথায় মজা); to silt up (পুকুর মজা); to be pickled thoroughly or overmuch (আচার মজা); to mature or ripen thoroughly (কাঁঠাল মজেনি); to be greatly endangered or utterly ruined (ব্যাঙ্ক ফেল পড়ায় সে মজল). a. silted up or dried up thoroughly or overmuch, matured or ripened. n. the delicious leavings of certain fruits from which juice has been extracted (তালের মজা). 8)

(p. 874) muhyamāna stunned; stupefied; benumbed; extremely afflicted (শোকে মুহ্যমান) । 51)

(p. 839) mandira a temple; a shrine; a house of worship; a house (বিদ্যামন্দির); a room, a chamber (শয়নমন্দির); an abode (শরীর হল ব্যাধিমন্দির). 32)

(p. 852) māṭhā cream (of milk); butter; whey, buttermilk. মাঠা তোলা v. to skim the butter. মাঠা-তোলা দুধ skim-milk, skimmed milk. 41)

(p. 872) mudi a grocer. ̃খানা n. a grocer's shop. 45)

(p. 838) manuṣya man; mankind, humankind; a human being; a man. fem. মনুষী womankind; a woman. ̃কন্ঠ n. the human voice. ̃কৃত a. made or done by man; man-made. ̃চরিত্র n. the human character; (rare) a biography. ̃জন্ম n. birth as a human creature; the human life. ̃ত্ব n. humanness, humanity. মনুষ্যত্বপূর্ণ a. full of humaneness or humanity, humane. মনুষ্যত্বহীন a. devoid of humanity or human quality; inhuman; barbarous. ̃ধর্ম n. the moral and social duties of man; the religion of man; humanity. ̃বর্জিত a. man-forsaken; uninhabited; desolate. ̃বসতি n. a human habitation. ̃মূর্তি n. a figure of a man; a human being; a statue. ̃হীন a. desolate, not inhabited by man. মনুষ্যাবাস n. a human habitation; a human settlement; a town, a city, a village; a dwelling-house. মনুষ্যেতর a. belonging to a lower species than the human being; of a lower order, lower (মনুষ্যেতর প্রাণী). মনুষ্যোচিত a. befitting or becoming a man; humane. 7)

(p. 864) māsatutō descended from a sister or a cousin-sister of one's mother or mother-in-law, avuncular, cousinly. মাসতুতো ভাই, মাসতুতো বোন a cousin. 16)

(p. 852) māḍh়ī (anat.) the gum. মাঢ়ীর দাঁত a cheek-tooth, a molar tooth. 45)