(p. 874) mudraka a printer. 2)

(p. 843) martya the mortal world, the earth, the world (also মর্ত্যধাম, মর্ত্যভূমি, মর্ত্যলোক); man, mankind; a mortal, a human being. a. mortal. ̃লীলা n. one's activities whilst living upon the earth. 20)

(p. 863) mālaśāṭa loincloth worn by tucking it tightly between one's legs like a suspenser; bragging or vaunting (as by a fighter); slapping of one's arms etc. as one gets ready to attack. মালশাট মারা v. to tuck one's loincloth tightly between one's legs like a suspenser; to brag or vaunt; to slap one's arms etc. as one gets ready to attack. 13)

(p. 852) mācharāṅā the kingfisher. 20)

(p. 863) mālajhām̐pa a metre of Bengali versification. 7)

(p. 872) muḍ়i1 a kind of food made by parching rice on hot sand. 35)

(p. 876) mūrkha stupid, foolish; uneducated, illiterate; ignorant; inexperienced. n. a stupid person, a fool, an idiot, a dunce; an uneducated or illiterate person; an inexperienced person, a greenhorn. ̃তা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly; lack of education, illiteracy; ignorance; inexperience. মূর্খতা প্রকাশ করা v. to betray one's stupidity or ignorance. ̃তাসূচক a. betraying or indicative of stupidity or gross ignorance. 4)

(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 828) makāi maize. 13)

(p. 839) maraṇa death; decease; demise. মরণ আর কী it's death indeed; an expression of shame or mild rebuke; (cp.) hell. ̃কামড় n. the last and severest bite of a creature struggling against death; a dying person's last and most desperate attempt. ̃কাল n. the time of death, dying moments. মরণকালে হরিনাম (fig.) fruitless repentance for one's wickedness when one is dying, (cp.) death-bed repentance; (fig.) futile effort at the eleventh hour when almost all is lost. ̃দশা n. the last stage; the last gasp; utter ruin. int. same as মরণ আর কী । মরণদশায় ধরা v. to be in the state of ruining oneself; seized with a passion that would ruin oneself. মরণবাড় বাড়া v. to become excessively vainglorious or haughty only to bring about one's fall. ̃শীল a. mortal. ̃শীলতা n. mortality. ̃হীন a. deathless, immortal. মরনাপন্ন a. in the clutches of death, dying; moribund. fem. মরণাপন্না । মরণাপন্নতা n. the dying condition; the last gasp; the last stage. মরণাশৌচ n. personal impurity caused by the death of a relative. মরণোন্মুখ a. about to die, at death's door, dying, moribund. 58)

(p. 852) māgha the tenth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of January to the middle of February). মাঘী a. of the month of Magha (মাঘ). n. the fullmoon day in the month of Magha (also মাঘী পূর্ণিমা). মাঘোত্সব n. a religious festival observed by the Brahmo Samaj in the month of Magha (মাঘ). 16)

(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. 867) misṭāra Mr. Mister. 26)

(p. 867) milamilā, milamilē measles. 10)

(p. 863) mālakōn̐cā loincloth worn by tucking it tightly between one's legs like a suspenser. মালকোঁচা আঁটা বা দেওয়া বা মারা v. to tuck one's loincloth tightly between one's legs like a suspenser. 5)