(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. 839) mantripariṣat ministers collectively, the ministry, the cabinet. 17)

(p. 852) mādala a kind of tom-tom played on by the Santal (সাঁওতাল) people. 74)

(p. 879) mēdura plesantly soft or smooth; glib, unctuous; verdant, green. 28)

(p. 852) mānahāni defamation; a libel. মানহানি করা v. to defame; to libel. ̃কর a. defamatory; libellous. মানহানির মোকদ্দমা a defamation case; a libel suit. 116)

(p. 879) mēni (in endearment) a puss, a pussycat. ̃মুখো a. bashful, shy; effeminate (esp. in speech). 32)

(p. 831) mana-dēōẏā-nēōẏā mutual love-making; courtship. 62)

(p. 878) mṛṇāla a stalk of the lotus or water-lily; the white esculent root of the lotus. ̃নিন্দিত a. excelling even a lotus stalk in beauty or delicateness. ̃ভূজ n. an arm as delicate as a lotus-stalk. মৃণালিনী n. a clump of the lotus or water-lily; (loos.) the lotus or the water-lily. 2)

(p. 839) maraśuma, marasuma a season; the time of the year for anything, a tide; opportune time of some continuance. পূজার মরশুম the Puja season. বড়দিনের মরশুম Christmas-tide. শীতের মরশুম the winter season, winter-time. মরশুমি a. seasonal. মরশুমিফুল a season flower. 63)

(p. 847) mastāna a rowdy acting officiously as the leader of a locality. মস্তানি1 n. rowdyism. মস্তানি2 n. fem. a turbulent female of questionable morals; a rowdy harlot. 2)

(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. 846) mastaka (high. & for.) the head; the cranium, the skull, the brain; the top, the summit, the crest (হিমালয়ের মস্তক); the topmost or foremost position (মন্ত্রিসভার মস্তকে ছিলেন জওহরলাল). মস্তক ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead; to truncate. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen from or slipped off the head or top. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a head, cephalous; headed (বহুমস্তকবিশিষ্ট = hydraheaded). ̃ব্যবচ্ছেদ n. cephalotomy. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. cephalic. ̃হীন, ̃শূন্য a. headless; acephalous; truncated. ̃শূল n. headache, migraine. মস্তকাবরণ n. a covering for the head; a head-dress; a turban; a helmet; a cap; a veil. মস্তকাভরণ n. an ornament for the head. মস্তকোপরি adv. on or over the head. মস্তকোর্ধ্বে adv. over the head, overhead.

(p. 831) matsara envy, malice, spite; malevolence. a. envious, malicious, spiteful; malevolent; base, mean. 24)

(p. 844) mallāra an Indian musical mode of the rainy season. 24)

(p. 879) mēkhalā an ornamental girdle; (rare) a sword-guard or sword-belt. 7)