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

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

(p. 874) murāri Krishna (কৃষ্ণ), who killed Mura মুর the demon. 26)

(p. 852) mātaṅga the elephant. fem. মাতঙ্গী (loos.) মাতঙ্গিনী the female elephant; (myth.) one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 51)

(p. 852) māchuẏā of fish, piscine (মাছুয়া গল্ধ); fishing, piscatorial, piscatory (মাছুয়া জাতি); fish-selling (মাছুয়া বাজার). n. a fishmonger or fisherman, a fisher. coll. form মেছো fem. n. মাছুয়ানি a fish-wife, a fish-woman, a fisher-woman. 22)

(p. 851) māui, māui-mā, māai, māai-mā a mother-in-law or aunt-in-law of a brother or sister or cousin. 23)

(p. 831) manḍūka the frog. fem. মন্ডূকী । 17)

(p. 886) myālēriẏā malaria. ̃ঘটিত a. malarial. ̃জ্বর n. malarial fever. ম্যালেরিয়া বিশেষজ্ঞ n. malariologist. 13)

(p. 882) mōdaka a ball-shaped sweetmeat (usu. made of posset); an invigorating (and also intoxicating) drug made of hempleaves; a confectioner. 27)

(p. 876) mūla a root; an esculent root, a bulbous plant, a bulb; beginning; origin; a cause or source of origin; (of money) capital or principal (সুদেমূলে); foundation, base, basis (অমূলক); the basal or embedded part of anything, the foot (বৃক্ষমূল); (math.) a factor of a quantity, root. a. first, original; fundamental; basic; primary; principal; chief, main; real; (of invested money etc.) capital or principal. অবরোহ মূল (bot.) a hanging root. অস্হানিক মূল (bot.) an adventitious root. প্রধান মূল, মুখ্য মূল (bot.) a tap root. মূল উপাদান an essential element. মূল একক a fundamental unit. -মূলক sfx. caused by, originating from (ভ্রান্তিমূলক বিশ্বাস); (inc.) causing or exhibiting (দুঃখমূলক ব্যাপার). ̃কর্ম n. the original or principal work. ̃কারণ n. the first or primary or original cause; the rootcause; the real cause. ̃কেন্দ্র n. the principal centre; headquarters; (comm.) the head office; (geom.) the radical centre. ̃গত a. basic, fundamental; radical. মূল গায়েন the leading singer of a chorus. ̃গ্রন্হ n. the original text or manuscript, (cp.) the source-book. ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন same as মূলোচ্ছেদ । ̃জ a. originating from the root, radical. মূলজ প্রেষ n. (bot.) the root-pressure. ̃জীবী n. (bot.) a root-parasite. ̃ত same as মূলে । ̃তত্ত্ব n. the first or primary principle; the basic or fundamental truth. ̃ত্র n. (bot.) a root-cap. ̃দ a. (alg.) rational. n. (alg.) a rational quantity, a rational. ̃ধন n. capital or principal (invested). ̃ধর্ম n. the fundamental properties. ̃নীতি n. the fundamental or basic or primary principle. ̃প্রকৃতি n. the original or elemental nature; (theol.) same as আদ্যাশক্তি । ̃ভিত্তি n. the foundation, the groundwork; inauguration; the primary or principal ground or basis. ̃মন্ত্র n. an esoteric word or words uttered inwardly at prayer; the guiding principle; firm resolve (জীবনের মূলমন্ত্র). ̃রশ্মি n. (phys.) a direct ray. ̃রোম n. (bot.) a root-hair. ̃শিকড় (chiefly bot.) the main root. ̃সূত্র n. the fundamental rule or principle. মূলে adv. at the root or base; in the beginning, originally; primarily; basically, fundamentally; at all. মূলে ভুল করা to get hold of the wrong end of the stick. 14)

(p. 879) mēhanata physical or manual labour, toil; (fig.) laborious effort or endeavour. মেহনত করা v. to labour, to toil; (fig.) to work or endeavour laboriously. মেহনতি a. engaged in manual labouring, toiling. 58)

(p. 882) mōjā stockings; socks; hose. গরম মোজা woollen socks. ফুল মোজা n. socks that come up to the knee. হাত-মোজা n. gloves. হাফ-মোজা n. socks that come only up to the calf. মোজা-পরা a. stockinged, hosed. মোজা-বিক্রেতা n. a hosier. 12)

(p. 831) madō of or pertaining to wine (মদো গন্ধ); addicted to wine (মদো মাতাল). ̃মাতাল লোক a boozer, a drunkard. 40)

(p. 879) mērāpa a temporary shed built of straw and bamboo-poles. 38)

(p. 852) māpā to measure; to weigh; to survey (জমি মাপা); to measure the depth of, to sound; (fig.) to try to assess the importance or weight of. a. measured; weighed; surveyed; sounded; restrained, controlled, restricted (মাপা কথা, মাপা খাওয়া). ̃জোখা, ̃জোকা a. conforming accurately to a particular measure, measured; restrained, controlled, restricted. n. measuring or surveying. মাপানো v. to cause to measure or weigh or survey or sound. 136)