(p. 882) mōḍ়āmuḍ়i repeated contortion or twisting or bending; (fig.) chaffering, higgling and haggling. 23)

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

(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)

(p. 844) mala2 filth; soil; liquid filth or soil; any morbid secretion from the body; faeces, excrement, stool, (of inferior creatures) dung; a stain, a sullying mark, tarnish; a stigma; gloom, melancholy, angularity, crookedness (চিত্তমল); rust; verdigris; a sin, a vice. মলত্যাগ করা v. (of human beings) to ease oneself, to evacuate the bowel, to defecate, to pass stool, to stool; (of inferior creatures) to void excrement, to dung. ̃দূষিত a. fouled, filthy, foul. ̃দ্বার n. the anus. মলনালী n. the rectum. ̃বাহী a. carrying filth and soil (মলবাহী নালা); carrying stool or excrement (মলবাহী অন্ত্র). ̃ভান্ড n. the large intestine, the colon. ̃ময় a. full of dirt and filth. ̃যুক্ত a. soiled, dirty. ̃শোধনাশয় n. a septic tank. মলাধার n. the colon, the large intestine; the container for faeces or excrement. মলাশয় n. the colon; the large intestine. 11)

(p. 878) mṛdula soft; tender; slow; light, noiseless. fem. মৃদুলা ।

(p. 879) mēla1 the letter-conveying post, the mail; any vehicle carrying the mail. a. carrying the mail (মেলভ্যান). 43)

(p. 879) mēja1 a table; a desk. 12)

(p. 838) manōnibēśa (earnest) application of the mind; (close) attention. মনোনিবেশ করা v. to apply one's mind (earnestly or closely) to; to pay close attention to; to employ oneself intently or diligently in. 15)

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)

(p. 844) malāṭa a cover of a book, a back (cp. paper-back); a jacket of a book. 19)

(p. 878) mṛtyu death, decease, demise; loss of life; Yama (যম) the Hindu god of death. ̃কামনা n. desire of death; deathwish. মৃত্যুকামনা করা v. to desire to die; to desire another's death. ̃কামী a. desirous of dying; desirous of another's death. ̃কাল n. the time of death; the dying moment. ̃কালীন a. pertaining to the time of death or to the dying moments. মৃত্যুকালীন এজহার a dying statement or declaration. মৃত্যুকালে হরিনাম deathbed repentance. ̃গ্রাস n. the jaws of death. মৃত্যুগ্রাসে পতি হওয়া v. to fall into the jaws of death; to die; to be killed. ̃চিহ্ন n. same as ̃লক্ষণ । মৃত্যুঞ্জয় a. one who has conquered death; deathless, immortal. n. Shiva (শিব). মৃত্যুঞ্জয়ী a. loos. var. of মৃত্যুঞ্জয় (a.). ̃তুল্য a. death-like, deathly. ̃দণ্ড n. deathsentence, capital punishment. মৃত্যুদণ়্ড দেওয়া v. to sentence to death, to award capital punishment (to). মৃত্যুদণ্ডে দণ্ডিত হওয়া v. to be sentenced to death. ̃ভয় n. the fear of death. ̃মুখ same as ̃গ্রাস । ̃যন্ত্রণা n. death-agony, deaththroe. ̃লক্ষণ n. a sign of death or being dead. ̃শয্যা n. deathbed. ̃শোক, ̃জনিত শোক n. sorrow caused by (some one's) death, grief caused by death. ̃হীন a. deathless, immortal; everlasting. 6)

(p. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(p. 843) markaṭa the smallest species of the monkey, the monkey; (contemp.) a man of stunted growth. fem. মর্কটী । 16)

(p. 830) mañca a platform, a dais; a rostrum; a scaffold; the stage or theatre. ̃নির্দেশন, নির্দেশনা n. stage direction. ̃ভাষণ n. a platform speech. ̃শিল্প n. stagecraft; stage play. ̃শিল্পী n. a stage-player; a stage-decorator. ̃সজ্জা n. stage-decoration. মঞ্চস্হ করা v. to stage (a drama), to enact; (rare) to place on a platform. মঞ্চাভিনয় n. stage-acting; acting in a drama. 8)

(p. 862) mārtaṇḍa the sun. ̃তাপ n. the heat of the sun.