(p. 852) mānē-bi a book of explanatory notes; a help-book, a key. 127)

(p. 846) masinā linseed; flaxen. ̃তেল n. linseedoil. 15)

(p. 882) mōḍ়ā1 a wicker stool. 22)

(p. 847) maharata ceremonial beginning or renewal; opening ceremony. 15)

(p. 874) muni a sage practising ascetical meditation (usu. in solitude), a hermit; a sage or an ascetic. মুনির আশ্রম a hermitage. ̃বাক্য n. saying or utterance of a sage. নানা মুনির নানা মত many men many minds, sages differ. 11)

(p. 844) maśakarā banter; joke, fun; buffoonery. মশকরা করা v. to joke, to cut a joke, to poke fun (at), to make fun (of); to play the buffoon.

(p. 828) mu, mau honey. মউ-আলু n. sweet yam. ̃চাক, ̃মাছির চাক n. a honeycomb; a beehive. ̃মাছি n. the bee. মউমাছির রানি a queen-bee. ̃মাছি পালন n. bee-keeping, apiculture. ̃লোভী a. fond of honey. 4)

(p. 852) māḍ়ā to pound (ওষুধ মাড়া); to thresh (as corn); to tread or trample. মাড়াই n. threshing. মাড়ানো v. to tread or trample. 44)

(p. 831) madhyōnnati (astr.) the meridian altitude. 55)

(p. 885) mauli a crown, diadem; the head or forehead; hair done in a bun on the crown of the head. 19)

(p. 839) mandra a grave sonorous voice, (cp.) barytone; a kind of tom-tom. a. grave and sonorous, barytone. ̃সপ্তক n. (mus.) the middle octave. 36)

(p. 874) mulatāni of Multan. n. Multan the Indian musical mode. 31)

(p. 882) mōma beeswax. মোম মাখানো v. to wax. ̃জামা, ̃ঢাল n. waxcloth. ̃বাতি n. a waxcandle. ̃বাতিদান n. a candlestick. ̃বাতি বিক্রেতা n. a wax-chandler. মোমের কাগজ wax-paper. মোমের পুতুল a waxdoll. 31)

(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. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)