(p. 863) mālā1 a fisherman by caste. 14)

(p. 874) muragi (as fem.) the hen; (as neut.) a fowl, a chicken. মুরগির ছানা a chick, a chicken. 22)

(p. 852) mātṛ (in comp.) mother. ̃ক a. maternal; motherly; treated or fostered as by one's mother, mothered (নদীমাতৃক দেশ). ̃কল্প same as ̃তুল্য । ̃কা n. any one of a group of sixteen female deities; mother; one's mother's mother; a nurse; any one of the alphabetical letters; a matron. ̃কুল n. the mother's line, the distaff side. ̃গণ n. the eight divine female powers. ̃ঘাতক, ̃ঘাতী a. guilty of or relating to matricide, matricidal. ̃তুল্য, ̃তুল্যা a. deserving to be treated as one's mother; behaving as one's mother; motherly. ̃দায় n. the responsibility of performing the obsequies of one's deceased mother; (loos.) one's mother's death. ̃দায়গ্রস্হ a. charged with the onus of performing the obsequies of one's deceased mother; (loos.) in mourning for one's lately deceased mother. ̃দুগ্ধ n. mother's milk. ̃পক্ষ same as ̃কুল । ̃পূজা n. act of serving or adoring one's mother. ̃বত্ adv. (also a.) like one's mother. মাতৃবত্ পরদারেষু one should look upon another's wife as one's mother. ̃বিয়োগ n. mother's death. ̃ভক্ত a. devoted or deeply attached to one's mother. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion to one's mother. ̃ভাষা n. mother-tongue; vernacular. ̃ভূমি n. motherland, native land, mother-country. ̃রিষ্টি n. an inauspicious conjunction of planets in one's horoscope foreboding danger to one's mother's life. ̃শাসন n. matriarchy. ̃শাসিত a. matriarchal. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ n. the obsequies of one's deceased mother. ̃ষ্বসা same as মাতুঃষ্বসা । ̃ষ্বস্রীয়, ̃ষ্বস্রেয় n. a son of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister. ̃ষ্বস্রয়া, ̃ষ্বস্রেয়া a daughter of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister. ̃সম, ̃সমা same as ̃তুল্য । ̃সেবা same as ̃পূজা । ̃স্তন্য n. mother's milk. ̃স্তব, ̃স্তোত্র n. a hymn or incantation of the sublime female energy associated with the work of creation; a hymn or incantation of any female deity; a devotional hymn offered to one's mother. ̃হত্যা n. matricide. ̃হত্যাকারী same as ̃ঘাতক । fem. ̃হত্যাকারিণী । ̃হন্তা n. a matricide. fem. ̃হন্ত্রী । ̃হীন a. motherless. fem. ̃হীনা । 64)

(p. 885) maulānā (Mus.) a Mohammedan scholar or teacher or an order higher than that of maulabis মৌলবি । 18)

(p. 865) miṭa (book-keeping) balancing; paying off; act of making up, compounding; settlement or compromise. মিট করা v. to balance (an account); to pay off (a bill); to make up, to compound (a loss); to settle or compromise (a dispute). মিট হওয়া v. to be balanced or paid off or made up or compounded or settled or compromised. ̃মাট n. compromise; settlement. মিটমাট করা v. to compromise; to settle up (a difference, dispute etc.). মিটমাট হওয়া v. to be compromised or settled up. 6)

(p. 876) mūlya price; rate; cost; value, worth; charge; wages, fee, remuneration; hirecharge, hire; freight. মূল্য দেওয়া v. to pay the price of; to remunerate; (fig.) to appreciate or recognize the value or worth of. ̃জ্ঞাপন n. quotation (of prices). ̃নির্ধারক, ̃নিরূপক a. appraising; evaluating. n. an appraiser; an evaluator. মূল্যনির্ধারণ বা নিরূপণ করা v. to appraise; to evaluate. ̃পত্র (পাওনা সম্বন্ধে) n. a bill. ̃বান a. valuable, costly, precious. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase or rise in price, appreciation. ̃বেদন n. quotation of price or charge. ̃বেদনপত্র n. a tender. ̃বোধ n. idea or sense of values. ̃হীন a. valueless; worthless; (fig.) futile or useless. ̃ হ্রাস n. fall in price or value, depreciation. মূল্যানুসারে adv. according to value or price, ad valorem. মূল্যায়ন n. assessment; evaluation. মূল্যায়ন করা v. to assess or estimate the price or value of; to appraise; to evaluate. 21)

(p. 878) mṛdu soft, supple, delicate; slight, gentle; not heavy, light; slow; dim, tender; not loud, low; temperate (মৃদু তাপ); mild, meek, effeminate (মৃদু স্বভাব); noiseless, stealthy (মৃদু চরণে); not sharp or keen (মৃদু ধার, মৃদু বুদ্ধি). ̃তা n. softness; gentleness; mildness, tenderness. ̃গতি same as ̃গামী । ̃গতিতে adv. with a slow or gentle motion. moving gently. ̃গমনা same as ̃গামিনী । ̃গম্ভীর a. low and deep, rumbling (মৃদুগম্ভীর স্বর বা ধ্বনি). ̃গামী a. slowly going or moving; softly or stealthily going or moving. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জল (chem.) soft water. ̃পবন, ̃বায়ু n. a gentle breeze, (naut.) a cat's-paw. ̃ভাষী a. soft-spoken. ̃মন্দ a. gently and pleasantly moving (মৃদুমন্দ বাতাস); low and sweet (মৃদুমন্দ ধ্বনি); slow; (iron.) light but sharp (মৃদুমন্দ আঘাত) adv. moving gently and pleasantly; gently and pleasantly; in a low and sweet manner; slowly; (iron.) lightly but sharply. ̃রোমশ a. (bot.) downy. ̃স্পর্শ a. soft to the touch. n. gentle touch. ̃স্বভাব a. of a gentle nature. n. gentle nature. ̃স্বর n. low voice. ̃স্বরে adv. in a low voice, in a whisper. 8)

(p. 831) madālasa feeling lethargic at the termination of a drunken bout; made indolent by incitation of sexual or amorous desire. fem. মদালসা । 37)

(p. 830) mañjarā (poet.) to blossom or sprout ('অশোক রোমাঞ্চিত মঞ্জরিয়া'). 10)

(p. 839) manbantara (myth.) the term of office of any one of the mythological Manus (মনু) covering a period of 3672 years; (pop.) a great and devastating famine (পঞ্চাশের মন্বন্তর). 37)

(p. 867) milā, mēlā to meet together; to meet; to assemble; to get on or pull on together (ভাইয়ে ভাইয়ে মেলে না); to fit (জোড় মেলা); to agree, to correspond; to mix well or perfectly; to agree with the given result (অন্ক মিলেছে); to be balanced, to tally (হিসাব মেলা); (pros.) to rhyme; to be available (বাজারে মাছ মেলে না); to be procured or obtained (চাকরি মেলা). মিলানো. v. to cause to meet together, to bring together; to cause to meet; to assemble; to fit; to cause to agree or correspond; to mix well or perfectly; to cause to agree with the given result; to balance, to tally; to compare (অন্কের ফল মিলানো); (pros.) to rhyme; to make available; to procure. মেলামেশা n. social intercourse; intimate association, familiarity. মেলামেশা করা v. to communicate socially; to make free with. 11)

(p. 885) mauṭusi a very tiny bird sucking the honey of flowers, the sunbird. 7)

(p. 863) mālika a proprietor (fem. a proprietress, a proprietrix), an owner; a master (fem. mistress), a lord. ̃হীন a. ownerless; derelict.

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 852) mārapyān̐ca shrewd or trappy trick (খেলার মারপ্যাঁচ); a shrewd or tricky twist or turn (কথার মারপ্যাঁচ); quibbling, equivocation. 154)