(p. 879) mērāpa a temporary shed built of straw and bamboo-poles. 38)

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)

(p. 872) muci1 a crucible; a tiny saucer-shaped earthen vessel; a green coconut (recently grown) within which there is no water and no kernel). 23)

(p. 879) mēdha a religious sacrifice, an oblation (অশ্বমেধ). 29)

(p. 852) mādhaba relating to honey; honeyed. n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). মাধবী, মাধবিকা, মাধবীলতা n. an evergreen creeper, (cp.) the myrtle. মাধবীকুঞ্জ n. a myrtle-bower. 82)

(p. 879) maithila of or inhabiting Mithila. মৈথিলী n. the language of Mithila; a woman of Mithila. 62)

(p. 865) miṭamiṭa expressing: dim, flickering or almost dying state (as of a light); blinking (as of eyes). মিটমিট করা v. to flicker dimly; to blink. মিটমিটে a. dimly flickering; dim; blinking; (fig.) simulating or hypocritical. মিটমিটে ডান, মিটমিটে শয়তান a witch or a rogue dissembling as an honest and simple soul; (fig.) a wolf in a sheepskin. 8)

(p. 852) māna3 huff caused by undesirable behaviour of a beloved person; tiff, sulks, pique. মান করা v. to be in a huff, to huff, to sulk. মান ভরে adv. in a fit of pique or resentment. মান ভাঙানো v. to win over or placate a beloved who is in a huff. 94)

(p. 831) maḍ়ipōḍ়ā taking part in cremating the dead bodies of unrelated persons. n. such a Brahman (considered an outcast). 8)

(p. 847) maharata ceremonial beginning or renewal; opening ceremony. 15)

(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. 847) mahatī of মহত্ । 7)

(p. 874) mulatāna an Indian musical mode. 30)

(p. 843) marut, maruta one of the five constituent elements (see ভূত); wind; air. 14)

(p. 863) mālāi-barapha ice-cream. 19)