(p. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 879) mēhanata physical or manual labour, toil; (fig.) laborious effort or endeavour. মেহনত করা v. to labour, to toil; (fig.) to work or endeavour laboriously. মেহনতি a. engaged in manual labouring, toiling. 58)

(p. 830) maṭakā a coarse variety of tusser; the topmost (and also central) part of the surface of a thatched roof (cp. loft); feigned sleep; a large earthen barrel or cask. মটকা মারা v. to close up or block the opening at the centre of a thatched roof; to pretend sleep, to pretend to be sleeping. 20)

(p. 872) muḍ়ki parched paddy coated with boiled sugar or molasses. 31)

(p. 830) maṭakānō to twist (as a finger) or break (as a twig) with a snapping noise. আঙুল মটকানো v. to snap one's finger. 21)

(p. 852) mācha fish. মাছ ধরা v. to catch fish, to fish. নদীর মাছ a river fish, a fresh-water fish. নোনা মাছ salted fish. নোনা জলের মাছ a salt-water fish. পুকুরের মাছ a fish reared in a pond. শুঁটকি মাছ dried fish. সমুদ্রের মাছ a marine fish. মাছের কাঁটা a fish-bone. মাছের ঘেরি fishery. মাছের চাষ pisciculture. মাছের ঝুড়ি a fish-creel. মাছের ডিম spawn (of fish). মাছের পুকুর a fish-pond, a fish-stew, a stew-pond, a piscina. মাছের বাজার a fish-market. মাছের ভেড়ি a fishy dam, a fishery. ̃ওয়ালা n. fishmonger; (loos.) a fisherman. fem. ̃ওয়ালি n. a fishwife, a fish-woman; (loos.) a fisherwoman. মাছধরা জাহাজ a trawler. মাছধরা জাল a fishing net. মাছধরা নৌকা a fishing boat; a trawler. ̃ভাজা n. fried fish, fishfry. 19)

(p. 831) manakkā raisin. 59)

(p. 830) maṭaki a large earthen barrel or cask. 22)

(p. 865) miṭāra3 a verse rhythm, fixed arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables, metre. 12)

(p. 866) mithyuka given to telling lies, untruthful. n. a liar. 11)

(p. 864) māṣa2, māṣā a unit of weight for jewellers (= 18 or 15 grs.) or for apothecaries (9 grs. approx.). 13)

(p. 879) mēṣa (as masc.) the ram; (as neut.) the sheep; (astrol.) the Aries, the Ram. fem. মেষী the ewe. ̃তুল্য, ̃বত্ a. sheepish. ̃পাল n. a flock of sheep; a shepherd (fem.: a shepherdess). ̃পালক n. a shepherd. ̃পালন n. tending of sheep. ̃মাংস n. mutton. ̃শাবক n. a lamb, a yeanling. 53)

(p. 874) mudrā a coin; a rupee; money, wealth; a seal, a signet, a stamp; any one of the peculiar signs made with fingers during prayer; any pose or gesture of dancing; a (ludicrous) mannerism (মুদ্রাদোষ). ̃কর n. a printer. মুদ্রাকর-প্রমাদ n. a printing mistake. ̃কার a. nummular. ̃ক্ষর n. a printing type. ̃ঙ্কন n. stamping or impressing or sealing. ̃ঙ্কিত a. stamped, impressed, sealed. মুদ্রাঙ্কিত করা v. to stamp, to impress, to seal. ̃দোষ n. a (ludicrous) mannerism. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. numismatics. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. a numismatist. ̃মান n. (econ.) money standard. ̃মূল্য n. value of a coin or currency. ̃মূল্যহ্রাস n. depreciation or devaluation of a coin or currency. ̃যন্ত্র n. a printing machine. ̃লিপি n. a lithograph. মুদ্রাশঙ্খ n. litharge. ̃স্ফীতি n. (econ.) inflation of money currency, inflation. 5)

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

(p. 872) mutasuddi a deputy or agent; a commercial agent, a banian. 41)