(p. 852) māthi the pith within the stem of the cocount-tree, date-tree etc. 71)

(p. 831) madira intoxicating; besotting; infatuating. ̃তা n. intoxication; drunkenness; infatuation. মদিরা n. rich. wine (cp. Madeira). মদিরাক্ষী, মদিরেক্ষণা n. fem. a woman with eyes pleasantly dilated with or as with drunkeness; a woman having beautiful eyes. মদিরাগৃহ n. an ale-house, a grog-shop. 38)

(p. 867) mukunda one who gives salvation; Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) 37)

(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. 828) makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower. 10)

(p. 846) maśā the mosquito. ডাঁশ মশা n. the gnat. মশা মারতে কামান দাগা (fig.) to crush a butterfly on a wheel. 5)

(p. 843) marākānnā (lit.) loud wailing on account of bereavement; (fig. & pop.) intolerably loud wailing. 5)

(p. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 874) muhurmuhu (also a.) again and again; repeatedly; with little or no respite. 49)

(p. 847) mahīẏāna very glorified or majestic or exalted or noble. 39)

(p. 838) manōnīta selected; nominated; chosen. fem. মনোনীতা । মনোনীত করা same as মনোনয়ন করা । 16)

(p. 874) murida (Mus.) a devout person. 28)

(p. 863) mālāi film or cream of milk. 17)

(p. 876) mūlōcchēda karā, mūlōtpāṭana extirpation, eradication; (fig.) complete destruction. মূলোচ্ছেদ করা, মূলোত্পাটন করা v. to uproot, to root out, to extirpate, to eradicate; (fig.) to pay for; to destroy completely or thoroughly. 20)

(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)