(p. 879) mēsō the husband of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister, an uncle. 55)

(p. 852) mānika ruby; a jewel; (fig.) a precious object, an object of joy or hope. ̃জোড় n. a variety of egrets usually moving in pairs; (fig.-often dero.) a pair of inseparable friends or associates. 123)

(p. 874) muhuri1 a sewer, a gutter, a drain; a strainer covering the mouth of a drain; a nut of a bolt; the measure of the cuff or ankle of garments. 47)

(p. 874) murubbi a guardian; a patron; a leader. মুরব্বির জোর the support or patronage of a guardian or patron. ̃গিরি, ̃য়ানা n. guardianship; patronage. মুরব্বিগিরি করা v. to assume officiously the post or role of a guardian; to assume the air of a guardian. 29)

(p. 879) mēgha cloud. মেঘ করা v. to cloud; to look cloudy; to become somewhat cloudy. মেঘ কেটেছে v. clouds have dispersed or lifted. মেঘ জমা v. to cloud. মেঘ হওয়া v. to cloud. অলক-মেঘ n. the cirrus. অলকাস্তর-মেঘ n. the cirro-stratus. আস্তরমেঘ n. the stratus. ঝঞ্ঝামেঘ, (coll.) ঝড়োমেঘ n. the nimbus. পুঞ্জমেঘ n. the cumulus. পুঞ্জালক-মেঘ n. the cirro-cumulus. ভাঙামেঘ scattered clouds. রাঙা মেঘ, সিঁদুরে মেঘ a cirmson-coloured cloud which presages a storm. ̃খণ্ড n. a cloudlet. ̃গর্জন n. the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. ̃জাল n. cumulated clouds. ̃ডম্বর n. cumulation of clouds; the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. মেঘডম্বর শাড়ি a sari (শাড়ি) having the colour of the nimbus, a dark blue sari. ̃নাদ n. the roar or rumble of clouds; one who roars like rumbling clouds. ̃নির্ঘোষ same as ̃গর্জন । ̃মণ্ডিত a. overcast with clouds. cloudy; cloud-topped, (poet.) cloudcapt. ̃মন্দ্র n. the rumble of clouds. ̃মন্দ্রস্বর n. a voice resembling the rumble of clouds. ̃ময় a. full of clouds, cloudy, clouded. ̃মল্লার n. megh-mallar, an Indian musical mode. ̃মালা n. a string or series of clouds. ̃মেদুর a. rendered cool or pleasantly shadowy for being overcast with clouds. ̃লা a. overcast with clouds, cloudy. মেঘাগম n. the break or advent of the monsoon; the rainy season. মেঘাচ্ছন্ন a. thickly overcast with clouds, thickly clouded. মেঘাড়ম্বর same as ̃ডম্বর । মেঘাত্যয় n. the autumn. মেঘ মেঘে বেলা হওয়া v. (fig.) to become aged; grow old over the years. 8)

(p. 865) miṭāra2 a unit of measuring length, a metre. 11)

(p. 872) muga a kind of pigeon-pea. 15)

(p. 851) mākaḍ়i a variety of earring. 27)

(p. 874) musalamāna, musalima a Mussulman, a Muslim. a. Mohammedan, Muslim. মুসলমানধর্ম n. Islam, Mohammedanism. মুসলমানি n. a Mohammedan female, a Muslim woman; the Muslim mode of life or fashion and practices; the Muslim custom of circumcision. a. Mohammedan. 42)

(p. 876) mūlā2 the nineteenth of the twenty-seven stars of Hindu astronomy. 15)

(p. 847) mahīruha a tree (esp. a big one); a plant. 40)

(p. 879) mēẏāda due or appointed or prescribed time or duration (মেয়াদ ফুরানো); a sight (বিলের মেয়াদ); a term or period; a sentence to imprisonment (ছমাসের মেয়াদ হয়েছে). মেয়াদ খাটা v. to serve a term of imprisonment. মেয়াদ ফুরিয়েছে v. the term is over; the allotted span of life has expired. মেয়াদ হওয়া v. to be sentenced to imprisonment. মেয়াদি a. continuing for a time; periodic. 35)

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

(p. 829) majaliśa a sitting, a meeting, a gathering; a party (চায়ের মজলিশ); an association, a society, a club. মজলিশি a. of or fit for a party or assembly; capable of brightening up a gathering or party with pleasant talk or bearing. 7)

(p. 851) māui, māui-mā, māai, māai-mā a mother-in-law or aunt-in-law of a brother or sister or cousin. 23)