(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) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(p. 844) malāi trampling; rubbing; scrubbing; massaging; threshing, thrashing. 18)

(p. 847) mahadāśaẏa high-minded, noble-natured, magnanimous, generous. 9)

(p. 838) manuja man; a man. মনুজেন্দ্র n. a king, a monarch. 6)

(p. 886) myāgājina a periodical publication, a magazine. 2)

(p. 872) muddata time limit, fixed or stipulated time; deadline. 49)

(p. 830) mañjarita blossomed, budded, flowered; sprouted. মঞ্জরিত হওয়া v. to blossom, to bud, to flower; to sprout. 12)

(p. 879) mēchuẏā a fishmonger or a fisherman. a. relating to fish (মেছুয়া গন্ধ); where fish is sold or auctioned or caught; piscivorous, fish-eating (মেছুয়া কুমির). ̃ঘেরি n. a place for catching fish, a fishery. ̃বাজার n. a fish-market. ̃হাটা n. a retail market for selling consignments of fish by auction; (fig.) a noisy place. 11)

(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 846) maśa maśa suggesting: the sound caused by the twisting of tanned hide as of boots; squeaking noise of new shoes etc. মশ মশ করে চলা (fig.) to strut. 3)

(p. 829) majādāra funny; amusing; delicious, palatable (মজাদার খাবার). 10)

(p. 882) mōhyamāna stunned; stupefied; benumbed; extremely afflicted (শোকে মোহ্যমান). fem. মোহ্যমানা । 47)

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