(p. 864) māsabhara throughout the month. 19)

(p. 863) mālākara, mālākāra a maker and seller of garlands (esp. by caste); a florist; gardener. 20)

(p. 867) mihira the sun. 30)

(p. 882) mōdaka a ball-shaped sweetmeat (usu. made of posset); an invigorating (and also intoxicating) drug made of hempleaves; a confectioner. 27)

(p. 882) mōṭa1 a total, an aggregate, a sum total. a. total, aggregate; principal, chief, essential. মোট কথা the sum and substance, the long and the short of it. মোট দেওয়া v. to add up, to total. মোটের উপর on the whole; generally, on an average. 13)

(p. 843) mardā male. n. a male creature. মর্দানা n. a man (esp. a grown-up one); a. male; manly. মর্দানি1 n. (dero.) manliness or masculinity. মর্দানি2 n. fem. a tomboy, a hoyden. a. tomboyish, hoydenish (মর্দানি মেয়ে). মর্দানি করা v. to make an exhibition of manly vigour; to bravado; (of women) to behave in a masculine or mannish manner, to romp vigorously.

(p. 879) mēcētā freckles; lentigo. মেচেতা পড়া v. to be freckled. 9)

(p. 882) mōddā chief, main, gross. adv. on the whole, after all, in short (মোদ্দা যাওয়া চাই ।) con. but (যাই করা, মোদ্দা চাকরি ছেড়ো না) । মোদ্দা কথা the long and the short (of it), the sum and substance; the chief thing. 29)

(p. 828) maktaba a Muslim primary school. 19)

(p. 867) miśā, mēśā to mingle, to be mixed or blended; to get mixed; to be united or conjoined; to meet; to fall or run or flow into (নদী সাগরে মেশে); to be incorporated or amalgamated or integrated with; to merge into (ভারতের সঙ্গে মিশেছে); to unite; to associate; to keep company with (কুসংসর্গে মিশছে); to fit (জোড় মেশা); to agree (কালোর পাশে নীল মিশবে না). মিশানো v. to mix, to blend, to mingle; to conjoin; to incorporate or amalgamate; to cause to merge into; to unite; to cause to associate with; to fit. মেশামিশি n. acquaintance; association; social communication; intimacy; familiarity. মেশামিশি করা v. to cultivate one's acquaintance or friendship; to associate with; to communicate or intercourse socially; to be intimate with; to make free with. মিশাল (coll.) মিশেল n. mixture or blending; adulteration. a. mixed or blended; adulterate. মিশাল করা বা দেওয়া v. to mix or blend; to adulterate. মিশালি a. miscellaneous (পাঁচমিশালি). 17)

(p. 838) manōnīta selected; nominated; chosen. fem. মনোনীতা । মনোনীত করা same as মনোনয়ন করা । 16)

(p. 862) mārkasabāda Marxism, the theory of Karl Marx. 9)

(p. 863) mālapōẏā, mālapō a saucer-shaped sweetmeat made of flour or rice-powder fried in ghee or oil and then (sometimes) dipped in sugarjuice. 10)

(p. 843) martamāna a variety of banana originally grown in Martaban. 19)

(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)