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

(p. 886) mriẏamāṇa (ori.) dying, moribund; (pop.) glum, melancholy, deeply distressed, sorrowful. fem. ম্রিয়মাণা । 14)

(p. 882) mōllā (Mus.) a Muslim theologian or priest or teacher, a mullah, a mollah. ̃গিরি n. the profession or office of a mullah. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by or predominantly influenced by mullahs (cp. mollahcracy). মোল্লার দৌড় মসজিদ পর্যন্ত (dero.) one with restricted knowledge cannot go beyond the range of one's learning, a churchman becomes a fish out of water outside the church, the utmost reach of one's tether. 38)

(p. 864) māsaśbaśura the husband of a মাসশাশুড়ি, an uncle-in-law. 22)

(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. 882) mōha (theol.) ignorance about reality; illusion; ignorance; mental obsession; infatuation; fascination; deep attachment, dotage; a fainting fit, a swoon; enchantment, bewitchment. মোহ নিরসন করা v. to dispel illusion or infatuation or enchantment. ̃গ্রস্ত a. affected with an illusion; ignorant; mentally obsessed; deluded; infatuated; fascinated or fondly attached; doting; fainted, swooned; enchanted, bewitched; stupefied. ̃ঘোর n. a spell of illusion or ignorance or mental obsession or infatuation or fainting fit or enchantment. ̃জনক a. illusive; causing mental obsession; infatuating; fascinating; causing to faint; enchanting, bewitching. ̃জাল same as ̃পাশ, ̃তিমির same as ̃ঘোর । ̃নিদ্রা n. stupor or hypnosis or trance caused by illusion; infatuation; a fainting fit. ̃পাশ n. the mesh of illusion or infatuation or enchantment. ̃বদ্ধ a. caught in the mesh or snare of illusion or infatuation or enchantment. ̃বন্ধ, ̃বন্ধন n. the bondage of illusion or infatuation or enchantment. ̃ভঙ্গ n. recovery from illusion or infatuation or enchantment or from a fainting fit, disillusionment, disenchantment. ̃মদ n. pride caused by illusion or ignorance. ̃মন্ত্র n. an incantation to enchant; a magic spell. ̃ময় a. illusive, illusory; infatuating; enchanting. ̃মুগ্ধ a. captivated by illusion; infatuated; fascinated; fondly attached, doting; enchanted, bewitched, spellbound. ̃মুদ্গর n. a book of verse by Shankaracharya intending to dispel illusion; a cudgel dispelling illusion or ignorance or infatuation. 41)

(p. 846) masijībī one who earn's one's living by writing books, pamphlets, articles etc.; a writer; a scribe; a journalist; an office-clerk, (coll.) a pen-pusher. 14)

(p. 830) majjamāna in the state of being drowned, sinking. fem. মজ্জমানা । 5)

(p. 879) mēdā, mēdāmārā effeminate; lacking in vigour or energy, spiritless. n. a milksop, a ninny, a sissy, a spiritless person. 26)

(p. 839) marada a man, a male; a male animal; a manly man; a heroic man; a young man; (vul.) a husband. মরদকা বাত হাতিকা দাঁত a heroic man's irrevocable pledge or word is unfailingly dependable as ivory which never slumps or falls in price. 59)

(p. 879) mēṭē2 made of clay or earth (মেটে পুতুল); mud-built (মেটে ঘর); plastered with clay or terra-cotta (দোমেটে); of earthy complexion, mud-coloured. মেটে সাপ a non-venomous mud-coloured snake. 17)

(p. 844) mardita trampled; thrashed; pounded, ground; kneaded; massaged; subdued. মর্দিত করা same as মর্দন করা । 2)

(p. 864) māllā an oarsman; a sailor or seaman of the lowest rank, a sailor or boatman by caste. 10)

(p. 866) mitāli friendship; boon companionship; alliance. 3)

(p. 851) mākanā young elephant whose tusks have not yet been cut.