(p. 864) māsaśbaśura the husband of a মাসশাশুড়ি, an uncle-in-law. 22)

(p. 829) majā2 pleasure; enjoyment; comfort and luxury (মজায় থাকা); sport, frolic; fun; banter, joke; a funny or pleasant affair or object. মজা করা v. to make fun (of); to make a song of; to pull one's leg; to indulge in pleasures and frolics. মজা টের পাওয়া v. to feel the weight or brunt of adventure or danger or difficulty; to feel the pinch of; to feel the evil consequences; to be punished, to have to kiss the rod. মজা টের পাওয়ানো, মজা দেখানো v. to drag one into a danger or trouble as a punishment; to punish; to teach one a lesson; to make one feel the evil consequences of. মজা দেখা v. to take delight in other's trouble; to view other's trouble with secret joy. মজা মারা, মজা লোটা v. to enjoy; to indulge in pleasures and frolics; to enjoy undue benefit from something; to live amidst pleasure and luxury. মজার গল্প a funny or amusing story. 9)

(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. 867) mukhara garrulous, talkative, long-tongued; acrimonious in speech, mouthy, sharp-tongued; shrewish, quarrelsome; noisy (মুখর নূপুর); resounded or resounding or reverberating; loud; voluble; clamorous. মুখরা a. fem. clamorous, loud-tongued, shrewish. n. a termagant, a vixen. মুখরিত a. resounded; resounding; giving out a noise, full of noise. 45)

(p. 866) mitra a friend; a boon companion; an ally; the sun. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. friendship; boon companionship; alliance. ̃দ্রোহ n. hostility or treachery to one's friend or ally or party. ̃দ্রোহী a. hostile or treacherous to one's friend or ally or party. fem. ̃দ্রোহিণী । ̃ভেদ n. estrangement of friends of allies, (chiefly pol.) disintegration of a party. ̃লাভ n. act or an instance of obtaining a new friend. 6)

(p. 852) māṇikya ruby; (loos.) a gem. 47)

(p. 839) manōratha heart's desire; desire; (secret) intention. ̃পূরণ, ̃সিদ্ধি n. fulfilment of one's heart's desire or (secret) intention. 8)

(p. 852) māna3 huff caused by undesirable behaviour of a beloved person; tiff, sulks, pique. মান করা v. to be in a huff, to huff, to sulk. মান ভরে adv. in a fit of pique or resentment. মান ভাঙানো v. to win over or placate a beloved who is in a huff. 94)

(p. 879) mēru either of the two ends of the earth's axis, a pole; the backbone, the spine; an axis. সুমেরু n. the North Pole. ̃চুম্বকমাত্রা n. (phys.) the pole-strength. ̃জ্যোতি same as ̃প্রভা । ̃প্রদেশ n. a polar region. ̃প্রভা n. the polar lights; aurora polaris (eg. aurora australis, aurora borealis). ̃রেখা n. the earth's axis; an axis. উপাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis minor. পরাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis major. 40)

(p. 852) mādhyamika of the second stage or standard; middling; secondary. মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা secondary education. 88)

(p. 852) mādaka intoxicating, inebriant (মাদক দ্রব্য). n. an intoxicant, an inebriant, a drug. মাদক গ্রহন বা সেবন করা v. to take drug esp. narcotics habitually, to drug; to drug oneself. ̃তা n. intoxicating property or power. ̃বর্জন n. abstention from drug-taking; prohibition. মাদকবর্জন করা v. to abstain from drug-taking. ̃সেবন n. drug-addiction. ̃সেবী a. addicted to drugs esp. narcotics. n. a drug-addict, a drug-fiend. 73)

(p. 863) mālakōn̐cā loincloth worn by tucking it tightly between one's legs like a suspenser. মালকোঁচা আঁটা বা দেওয়া বা মারা v. to tuck one's loincloth tightly between one's legs like a suspenser. 5)

(p. 872) mukhācchādana a cover or veil for the face, a face-cover; (of a corpse) a face-cloth. 4)

(p. 872) muḍ়ā2, mōḍ়ā to cover, to wrap; to enclose (খামে চিঠি মোড়া); to fold (বিছানা মোড়া); to double up (হাঁটু মুড়ে বসা); to contort or twist or bend (দেহ মোড়া); to ravel in, to wind round (আঙ্গুলে সুতো মোড়া). 32)

(p. 882) mōhana enchantment, bewitchment; infatuation, fascination. a. infatuating, fascinating (গোপীমোহন); charming (মোহন বেণু). ̃চুড়া n. an attractive or charming bun of hair put up on the crown of one's head. ̃ভোগ n. a kind of porridge made by boiling corn-flour in milk. ̃মালা n. a variety of gold necklace. ̃মূর্তি n. a fascinating figure. 42)