(p. 863) mālā2 a coconut-shell; a coconut-shell cut into the shape of a tumbler. 15)

(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 874) muṣaḍ়ānō to become downhearted or depressed or discouraged. মুষড়ে পড়া same as মুষড়ানো । 37)

(p. 839) maẏalā excrement, faeces, stool, dung; refuse; filth, soil, dirt; gloom, melancholy; angularity, crookedness (মনের ময়লা). a. filthy; dirty, soiled; (of complexion) dark; not bright or clear, clouded, overcast (ময়লা আকাশ); glum, melancholy (ময়লা মুখ); crooked (ময়লা মন). ময়লা করা v. to soil. ময়লার গাড়ি a scavenger's cart or van or train, a night-soil cart. ̃টে a. slightly soiled; appearing to be soiled; (of complexion) darkish; slightly clouded or overcast; slightly glum. 49)

(p. 852) māmi the wife of a maternal uncle, an aunt. ̃শাশুড়ি fem. the wife of a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an aunt-in-law. 144)

(p. 847) mahaphila a sitting or soiree of music, a musical soiree. 13)

(p. 865) mijarāba a kind of thimble (made of wire) used by instrumentalists, (cp.) plectrum. 5)

(p. 852) māṭhā cream (of milk); butter; whey, buttermilk. মাঠা তোলা v. to skim the butter. মাঠা-তোলা দুধ skim-milk, skimmed milk. 41)

(p. 852) māḍ় (liquefied) starch extracted from rice etc. by boiling or used in the laundry as a stiffener. মাড় দেওয়া v. to starch. 43)

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

(p. 852) māmaḍ়i an encrustation, a scab. মামড়ি পড়া v. to develop a scab, to scab. 140)

(p. 843) mardā male. n. a male creature. মর্দানা n. a man (esp. a grown-up one); a. male; manly. মর্দানি1 n. (dero.) manliness or masculinity. মর্দানি2 n. fem. a tomboy, a hoyden. a. tomboyish, hoydenish (মর্দানি মেয়ে). মর্দানি করা v. to make an exhibition of manly vigour; to bravado; (of women) to behave in a masculine or mannish manner, to romp vigorously.

(p. 879) mēhēdi the henna. 59)

(p. 882) mōtiẏā a kind of small sweet-scented flower. 26)

(p. 863) mālāi-barapha ice-cream. 19)