(p. 852) mātabbara a leader, a headman; a distinguished or influential man, a man of position. a. leading, distinguished, influential. মাতব্বরি n. (dero.) bossing; posing as a distinguished or influential or important man. 53)

(p. 831) mathanī butter; the churning rod. 31)

(p. 862) mārjana scouring or scrubbing; cleansing (as of teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc.; rubbing; polishing (as of gold ornaments); freeing from sin, fault etc. chastening, absolution; chiselling. মার্জনা same as মার্জন,, and-forgiving; pardon. মার্জনা করা v. to forgive, to pardon; to scour or scrub; to cleanse; to rub; to polish; to free from sin, fault etc., to chasten, to absolve; to chisel. মার্জনাহীন a. unforgiving; relentless. মার্জনী n. any implement for scrubbing or scouring or cleansing or rubbing with, a besom, a broom, a brush, a towel, a napkin etc. 16)

(p. 830) mañjīra an anklet with small jingling bells. 14)

(p. 864) māsapaẏalā the first day of a month; calends. 17)

(p. 847) mahadāśraẏa a shelter or refuge offered by a noble person; dependence upon great persons. 10)

(p. 829) maṅgōla, maṅgōlīẏa a Mongol. a. Mongol, Mongolian, Mongoloid. মঙ্গোলয়েড n. a Mongoloid. a. Mongoloid. 3)

(p. 862) mārāṭhi a Marathi, a Maharashtrian; the Marathi language. a. Marathi; of Maratha or Maharashtra. 3)

(p. 844) maśakarā banter; joke, fun; buffoonery. মশকরা করা v. to joke, to cut a joke, to poke fun (at), to make fun (of); to play the buffoon.

(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. 852) mādura a mat. ̃কাঠি n. dried stalk of a kind of grass used in weaving mats. 77)

(p. 867) mīmāṃsita solved, decided; determined; settled; arbitrated, compromised. 34)

(p. 852) mādhyāhnika of noon or midday; meridian. fem. মাধ্যাহ্নিকী । ̃ক্রিয়া n. midday rites. 90)

(p. 851) māinē monthly salary or wage. মাস মাইনে same as মাইনে । 18)

(p. 866) mithuna a male and a female, a couple, a pair; (astr. & astrol.) the Twins, the Gemini (also মিথুনরাশি). 9)