(p. 865) mita temperate; moderate; restricted; abstemious. 18)

(p. 839) manhara slow; slack; sluggish, slothful; inert; slow-moving. মন্হর হওয়া v. to become slow; to slacken. ̃গতি a. slowmoving. n. slow motion. ̃তা n. slowness; slackness; sluggishness, sloth; inertia; slow movement or motion. মন্হরা n. a female character of the Ramayana; an instigating or intriguing woman. 22)

(p. 866) miẏā, miẏāsāhēba (Mus.) an appellation of courtesy affixed to the name of a man, (cp.) Mr, Sir.

(p. 846) masi, masī ink; soot; a dark stain or spot. ̃কার n. one who inks, an inker, (loos.) an inkman. ̃কৃষ্ণ a. black as ink or soot, deep black. ̃চিহ্নিত a. marked with ink; having a dark stain or spot. ̃তুল্য, ̃বত্ a. inky, black as ink; very black. ̃নিন্দিত a. even blacker than ink or soot. ̃ময় a. sooty, smudgy; smudged; inky; very black; extremely dark. ̃মাখা, ̃লিপ্ত a. smeared with ink or soot; very black or dark. ̃লাঞ্ছিত same as ̃নিন্দিত । 13)

(p. 864) miu expressing: the cry of a cat, mew. মিউমিউ int. expressing: repeated mewing. মিউমিউ করা v. to mew repeatedly; to mew.

(p. 864) māhuta a keeper and driver of an elephant, a mahout. 31)

(p. 828) makuba, makupha remission; condonation; exemption. মুকুব করা v. to remit; to condone; to exempt. 16)

(p. 862) mārga a way, a path, a road (রাজমার্গ); a route; a means; a mode or means of attaining salvation (ভক্তিমার্গ); the anus; (mus.) the classical mode. ̃সংগীত n. classical music. 14)

(p. 828) makāi maize. 13)

(p. 829) majādāra funny; amusing; delicious, palatable (মজাদার খাবার). 10)

(p. 844) malana trampling; rubbing; scrubbing; massaging; threshing, thrashing. 12)

(p. 882) mōllā (Mus.) a Muslim theologian or priest or teacher, a mullah, a mollah. ̃গিরি n. the profession or office of a mullah. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by or predominantly influenced by mullahs (cp. mollahcracy). মোল্লার দৌড় মসজিদ পর্যন্ত (dero.) one with restricted knowledge cannot go beyond the range of one's learning, a churchman becomes a fish out of water outside the church, the utmost reach of one's tether. 38)

(p. 863) mālābadala exchange of garlands or necklaces (as done by the couple at a wedding); marriage; marriage of Vaishnavas (which demands no other ceremony than the exchange of basilnecklaces by the couple). মালাবদল করা v. to exchange garlands or necklaces; to marry; to marry in the Vaishnava way. 22)

(p. 864) māsānta the last day of a month or near about it. মাসান্তিক a. of or about the end of a month, that which happens at the end of a month. 23)

(p. 866) minasē (vul. in abuse or endearment) a grown-up man, a man; a husband. 14)