(p. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

(p. 847) maharṣi a great sage or saint. 17)

(p. 885) mauja pleasant stupor caused by drugging. besottedness (আফিমের মৌজ); comfort, ease; pleasure, relish. মৌজ করা v. to drug oneself to enjoy a pleasant stupor; to sit or lie comfortably or at ease; to relax খাওয়ার পর মৌজ করা; to do something with relish (মৌজ করে খাওয়া). মৌজ করে বসা v. to sit easy or cosily or comfortably, (cp.) to be at home. 5)

(p. 879) mēẏē a daughter; a little girl, a girl; a woman. a. female, she (মেয়েবিড়াল); effeminate. ̃ছেলে (usu. considered ind.) n. same as মেয়েমানুষ । ̃-মর্দ (coll.) ̃-মদ্দ n. pl. men and women; husband and wife. ̃মর্দানি n. a termagant, an Amazon; (cp.) a tomboy. ̃মানুষ n. a woman; womankind. ̃মুখো a. (of men) effeminate or timid in speech (and also in activity). মেয়েলি a. of women, feminine, womanly; effeminate, womanish (মেয়েলি ভাব). ̃লোক n. a woman. 36)

(p. 839) manōmugdhakara, manōmahōna captivating, fascinating, charming; very beautiful. fem. মনোমোহিনী । 4)

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

(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. 852) māẏa together with, inclusive of, with, even. 146)

(p. 864) mālumakāṭha a mast (of a ship). 7)

(p. 882) mōkṣama unfailing; irrefutable; formidable; undeniable; terrible; fatal. 6)

(p. 831) madhya the middle; the centre; the waist; the inside or interior; midst; interval. a. middle, central, mid; interior, inside; intervening, interim, mean; middling, mediocre; medium. মধ্য উষ্ণতা mean temperature. ̃ক a. (arith.) mean. n. (arith.) a mean. ̃কর্ণ n. the middle ear, (loos.) the tympanum. ̃কাল n. (astr.) the meantime. ̃কোণ n. (astr.) the mean anomaly. ̃ক্ষীণা a. fem. having a slender waist. ̃গ a. of the middling state, mean. fem. ̃গা । ̃গমন n. (astr.) culmination. ̃চ্ছদা n. (physio.) the diaphragm. ̃তল n. (astr.) the meridian plane. ̃ত্বক n. (bot.) mesocarp. ̃দিন n. (arch.) midday, noon. ̃দেশ n. the middle or central part; the waist; the interior or inside; Central India. ̃পদলোপী n. (gr.) a mode of framing compound words by deleting the word in the middle of other two. ̃পর্দা, ̃পরদা n. the middle lamella. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; the golden mean. ̃পন্হী a. & n. moderate, (a person) avoiding extremes and following or pursuing the middle course or the golden mean. ˜প্রাচ্য n. the Middle East; countries of the Middle East. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. মধ্যবয়স্কা । ̃বর্তিতা n. the state of being in the middle; the state of being inside; intermediacy; intervention; mediation. ̃বর্তী a. situated or stationed in the middle or inside or in the midst; intermediate; intervening; medial; mediating. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ̃বর্তী নিযুক্তক a handling agent. মধ্যবর্তী হওয়া v. to lie in or go into the middle; to intervene; to mediate. ̃বিত্ত a. middleclass, bourgeois. মধ্যবিত্ত-মনোবৃত্তি n. middleclass mentality; (esp. pol.) petty bourgeois mentality. মধ্যবিত্ত-সম্প্রদায় n. the middle class, the bourgeoisie. ̃বিধ a. middling, mediocre. ̃বিন্দু n. the centre. ̃ভারত n. Central India. ̃মণি n. a jewel at the centre of anything; (fig.) the most glorious or precious or prominent person or thing. ̃মান n. an Indian musical measure. ̃যুগ n. the Middle Ages. ̃যুগীয় a. mediaeval. ̃রাত্র n. midnight. ̃রাত্রে adv. at midnight, at dead of night. ̃রেখা n. (geog. & astr.) the meridian; (geom.) a median. মধ্যশিক্ষা পর্ষত্ The Board of Secondary Education. ̃শিরা n. (bot.) the midrib. ̃স্হ a. of the interior or inside; inner; lying inside or in the interior; lying in the midst; intermediate, medial; intervening; mediating; intermediary. n. a mediator; an arbitrator, an arbiter; an intermediary, a middleman, a go-between. fem. ̃স্হা । মধ্যস্হ ন্যায়ালয় an arbitral tribunal. ̃স্হতা n. mediation; arbitration. মধ্যস্হতা করা v. to mediate; to arbitrate. ̃স্হল n. the middle; the centre; the inside, the interior; the midst. ̃স্হিত a. lying inside or in the interior; lying in the midst. 47)

(p. 851) māṃsa flesh; meat. গোমাংস n. beef. ছাগমাংস n. goat's meat. পাখির মাংস n. fowl. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal. মুরগির মাংস n. fowl, (loos.) chicken. মেষমাংস n. mutton. শুয়োরের মাংস n. pork. হরিণের মাংস n. venison. মাংসের দোকান a meat-shop, a butcher's shop, a shamble, a butchery. মাংসের বাজার a meat-market; a fleshmarket. ̃তুল্য a. flesh-like; meaty. ̃পেশি n. muscle. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a meatseller, a butcher. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of flesh; accumulation of fat; adiposity. ̃ল a. fleshy, plump, fatty, adipose. মাংসাশী a. meat-eating; carnivorous. 25)

(p. 839) manhana churning; stirring; agitating, agitation; trampling; destroying, destruction. মন্হন করা v. to churn; to stir, to agitate; to trample; to destroy. ̃দণ্ড n. a churning-stick. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড n. a churning-pot, (cp.) a churn. ̃রজ্জু n. a rope to which a churning-stick is fitted during the process of churning, a churning-rope. মন্হনী n. a churning-stick; a churningpot; a churn. 21)

(p. 844) maśaka2 the mosquito. ̃দংশন n. mosquito-bite. ̃সংকুল a. mosquito-infested. 27)

(p. 872) muci2 a worker in animal skin, a shoemaker, a cobbler, a cordwainer, a tanner. 24)