(p. 831) madhyandina midday, noon. 48)

(p. 852) māraka a pestilence, a plague. a. destructive; pestilential. 152)

(p. 874) munāphā profit. মুনাফা লোটা v. to profiteer. ̃খোর, ̃বাজ a. given to profiteering. n. a profiteer. ̃খোরি, ̃বাজি n. profiteering. 9)

(p. 852) mātabbara a leader, a headman; a distinguished or influential man, a man of position. a. leading, distinguished, influential. মাতব্বরি n. (dero.) bossing; posing as a distinguished or influential or important man. 53)

(p. 852) mānā2 to honour, to show respect to, to revere (গুরুজনকে মানা); to believe in (ভূতপ্রেত মানা); to regard, to count (ভাগ্য বলে মানা); to acknowledge, to admit, to own (অপরাধ মানা); to acknowledge the authority of (রাজাকে মানা); to obey, to abide by (উপদেশ মানা); to observe (শাস্ত্রীয় নিয়ম মানা); to heed (বাধা মানা); to accept, to yield to (সান্ত্বনা মানা); to call on or cite (সাক্ষী মানা). 118)

(p. 874) musammata (Mus.) an appellation affixed to the names of Muslim women, (cp.) Miss, Mrs. 41)

(p. 865) mitabhāṣī economical in speech, taciturn; reticent, reserved. fem. মিতভাষিণী । মিতভাষিতা n. economy of speech, taciturnity; reticence, reservedness. 20)

(p. 852) māṭha a field, a maidan; a tract of agricultural land, land; a grazing ground, a pasture; an extensive open space (মাঠে মাঠে ঘোরা); a playing-field, a playground, a ground. মাঠে মারা যাওয়া (fig.) to be utterly lost or wasted. ̃ঘাট n. every place. 40)

(p. 886) mlēccha a non-Aryan tribe of ancient India; a member of this tribe; a Greek settler of India; (loos. but pop.) a non-Hindu; the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). a. nonHindu or anti-Hindu; wicked, sinful, given to unscriptural practices. ̃দেশ n. the part of India inhabited by the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ম্লেচ্ছাচার n. the customs and practices of Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ); non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil customs and practices. ম্লেচ্ছাচারী a. adopting the customs and practices of Mlechchhas; given to non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil practices.

(p. 885) maujā a village; a group or block of villages regarded as an administrative unit (cp. a county). 6)

(p. 851) māila a mile. ̃পোষ্ট n. a mile-stone, a mile-post. 22)

(p. 852) mānāna fittingness; becomingness; propriety; decorousness, decorum; beauty. a. fitting; becoming; decorous. 119)

(p. 852) mānya same as মাননীয় । n. honour, respect, cordial reception (মান্য করা); a gift of honour, a complimentary present (মান্য দেওয়া); compliance, observance. fem. a. মান্যা । মান্য করা v. to honour, to respect, to accord cordial reception (to); to comply with, to observe. ̃গণ্য a. respectable and important. ̃বর a. highly honourable or venerable or respectable. ̃বরেষু adv. to a highly respectable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter). 133)

(p. 872) muñja a kind of grass from which cords are made. 28)

(p. 886) myāgājina a periodical publication, a magazine. 2)