(p. 839) manbantara (myth.) the term of office of any one of the mythological Manus (মনু) covering a period of 3672 years; (pop.) a great and devastating famine (পঞ্চাশের মন্বন্তর). 37)

(p. 839) mandara a mythological mountain. 25)

(p. 839) maẏāna ghee mixed with dough for leavening. ময়ান দেওয়া v. to leaven (ghee to). 50)

(p. 867) mukunda one who gives salvation; Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) 37)

(p. 838) manōbala strength of mind; moral courage; self-confidence. 18)

(p. 862) mārga a way, a path, a road (রাজমার্গ); a route; a means; a mode or means of attaining salvation (ভক্তিমার্গ); the anus; (mus.) the classical mode. ̃সংগীত n. classical music. 14)

(p. 844) malana trampling; rubbing; scrubbing; massaging; threshing, thrashing. 12)

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

(p. 862) mārātmaka deadly; fatal; terrific; unappeasable, incapable of being assuaged (মারাত্মক শোক). 4)

(p. 882) mōḍ় a turn, a bend, a crossing (রাস্তার মোড়) 18)

(p. 852) māṭakōṭhā a mud-built house consisting of two or more stories. 35)

(p. 852) mānāna fittingness; becomingness; propriety; decorousness, decorum; beauty. a. fitting; becoming; decorous. 119)

(p. 852) mādhyama a medium. 87)

(p. 874) muẏājjina (Mus.) one who announces the hours of prayer from a minaret, a muezzin. 21)

(p. 879) mēẏē a daughter; a little girl, a girl; a woman. a. female, she (মেয়েবিড়াল); effeminate. ̃ছেলে (usu. considered ind.) n. same as মেয়েমানুষ । ̃-মর্দ (coll.) ̃-মদ্দ n. pl. men and women; husband and wife. ̃মর্দানি n. a termagant, an Amazon; (cp.) a tomboy. ̃মানুষ n. a woman; womankind. ̃মুখো a. (of men) effeminate or timid in speech (and also in activity). মেয়েলি a. of women, feminine, womanly; effeminate, womanish (মেয়েলি ভাব). ̃লোক n. a woman. 36)