(p. 879) mēẏē a daughter; a little girl, a girl; a woman. a. female, she (মেয়েবিড়াল); effeminate. ̃ছেলে (usu. considered ind.) n. same as মেয়েমানুষ । ̃-মর্দ (coll.) ̃-মদ্দ n. pl. men and women; husband and wife. ̃মর্দানি n. a termagant, an Amazon; (cp.) a tomboy. ̃মানুষ n. a woman; womankind. ̃মুখো a. (of men) effeminate or timid in speech (and also in activity). মেয়েলি a. of women, feminine, womanly; effeminate, womanish (মেয়েলি ভাব). ̃লোক n. a woman. 36)

(p. 862) mārca the third month of the English calendar, March. 15)

(p. 864) māsatutō descended from a sister or a cousin-sister of one's mother or mother-in-law, avuncular, cousinly. মাসতুতো ভাই, মাসতুতো বোন a cousin. 16)

(p. 867) mistri a mechanic, an artisan, a smith; a machine foreman; a skilled or chief mechanic or artisan. 27)

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

(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

(p. 829) maṅgala well-being, weal, welfare, good, benefit; the Mars; Tuesday; a kind of Bengali epic poems about popular deities (usu. মঙ্গলকাব্য). মঙ্গল করা v. to do good to. ̃কর a. auspicious, propitious; doing good. ̃কামনা n. good wishes. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. মঙ্গলকামী ব্যক্তি a well-wisher. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does good to others. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃গীত n. a song narrating the glory of a deity. ̃গ্রহ n. the Mars. ̃ঘট n. a consecrated pitcher placed in a house to win divine favour. ̃চন্ডী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as ̃কর । fem. ̃দায়িকা । ̃বার n. Tuesday. ̃ময় a. benign, benignant, gracious, doing good, auspicious. n. God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃সংবাদ ̃সমাচার n. news of wellbeing; good news; (Christ.) gospel. ̃সূত্র n. a sacred or consecrated thread or string worn on the neck by woman. মঙ্গলা n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). মঙ্গলাকর n. a mine of good. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষা same as ̃কামনা । মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষী same as ̃কামী । fem. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । মঙ্গলাচারণ, মঙ্গলাচার n. a prayer, to obtain divine benison on the eve of commencing work or in the beginning of a drama, poem etc.; any rite performed for the welfare of the votary. মঙ্গলামঙ্গল n. good and evil, weal and woe. মঙ্গলারতি n. the ceremonial waving of lights before an idol. মঙ্গলার্থে adv. for the good or welfare of. মঙ্গল্য var. of মাঙ্গলিক । 2)

(p. 879) mēdhā intellect; power of remembrance, (good) memory. ̃বী a. intelligent; gifted; endowed with a good memory or parts. fem. ̃বিনী । 30)

(p. 828) makaddamā a lawsuit, a case, a process; an affair (বিয়েটা একদিনের মকদ্দমা); a dispute. মকদ্দমা আনা v. to bring a lawsuit (against); to proceed (against). মকদ্দমা করা v. to bring or file a lawsuit; to proceed (against); to conduct a case; to plead in a case; to try or judge a case; to enter into litigation. মকদ্দমা তোলা v. to bring up a case for trial. 7)

(p. 852) māgadha of or relating to Magadha, Magadhan. মাগধী n. Magadhi, the Prakritic language which is considered the source of Hindi and Bengali. অর্ধমাগধী n. a kind of Magadhi (মাগধী) corrupted with mixture of several Prakritic dialects. 8)

(p. 865) miṭi meeting. 14)

(p. 839) mandāgni loss of appetite; (inc.) indigestion or dyspepsia. 29)

(p. 846) masūrikā, masūrī small-pox, variola. 17)

(p. 852) māgā to beg; to ask for; to solicit; to pray for. 11)

(p. 879) mēthara a cleanser of filth and nightsoil; a scavenger, a sweeper. fem. মেথরানি । ̃গিরি n. the profession of the aforesaid cleanser or sweeper; scavenging. 23)