(p. 830) majjana sinking or being drowned. 4)

(p. 862) mārjana scouring or scrubbing; cleansing (as of teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc.; rubbing; polishing (as of gold ornaments); freeing from sin, fault etc. chastening, absolution; chiselling. মার্জনা same as মার্জন,, and-forgiving; pardon. মার্জনা করা v. to forgive, to pardon; to scour or scrub; to cleanse; to rub; to polish; to free from sin, fault etc., to chasten, to absolve; to chisel. মার্জনাহীন a. unforgiving; relentless. মার্জনী n. any implement for scrubbing or scouring or cleansing or rubbing with, a besom, a broom, a brush, a towel, a napkin etc. 16)

(p. 851) mahōnnata highly elevated or exalted; very lofty; greatly flourishing or prosperous. মহেন্নতি n. great elevation or exaltedness or height or altitude or flourish or prosperity or progress. 9)

(p. 867) miśuka sociable, companionable. 19)

(p. 879) mēru either of the two ends of the earth's axis, a pole; the backbone, the spine; an axis. সুমেরু n. the North Pole. ̃চুম্বকমাত্রা n. (phys.) the pole-strength. ̃জ্যোতি same as ̃প্রভা । ̃প্রদেশ n. a polar region. ̃প্রভা n. the polar lights; aurora polaris (eg. aurora australis, aurora borealis). ̃রেখা n. the earth's axis; an axis. উপাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis minor. পরাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis major. 40)

(p. 844) mallāra an Indian musical mode of the rainy season. 24)

(p. 878) mṛdu soft, supple, delicate; slight, gentle; not heavy, light; slow; dim, tender; not loud, low; temperate (মৃদু তাপ); mild, meek, effeminate (মৃদু স্বভাব); noiseless, stealthy (মৃদু চরণে); not sharp or keen (মৃদু ধার, মৃদু বুদ্ধি). ̃তা n. softness; gentleness; mildness, tenderness. ̃গতি same as ̃গামী । ̃গতিতে adv. with a slow or gentle motion. moving gently. ̃গমনা same as ̃গামিনী । ̃গম্ভীর a. low and deep, rumbling (মৃদুগম্ভীর স্বর বা ধ্বনি). ̃গামী a. slowly going or moving; softly or stealthily going or moving. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জল (chem.) soft water. ̃পবন, ̃বায়ু n. a gentle breeze, (naut.) a cat's-paw. ̃ভাষী a. soft-spoken. ̃মন্দ a. gently and pleasantly moving (মৃদুমন্দ বাতাস); low and sweet (মৃদুমন্দ ধ্বনি); slow; (iron.) light but sharp (মৃদুমন্দ আঘাত) adv. moving gently and pleasantly; gently and pleasantly; in a low and sweet manner; slowly; (iron.) lightly but sharply. ̃রোমশ a. (bot.) downy. ̃স্পর্শ a. soft to the touch. n. gentle touch. ̃স্বভাব a. of a gentle nature. n. gentle nature. ̃স্বর n. low voice. ̃স্বরে adv. in a low voice, in a whisper. 8)

(p. 865) miṭāra1 a meter (ইলেকট্রিকের মিটার, ট্যাকসির মিটার). 10)

(p. 838) manuṣya man; mankind, humankind; a human being; a man. fem. মনুষী womankind; a woman. ̃কন্ঠ n. the human voice. ̃কৃত a. made or done by man; man-made. ̃চরিত্র n. the human character; (rare) a biography. ̃জন্ম n. birth as a human creature; the human life. ̃ত্ব n. humanness, humanity. মনুষ্যত্বপূর্ণ a. full of humaneness or humanity, humane. মনুষ্যত্বহীন a. devoid of humanity or human quality; inhuman; barbarous. ̃ধর্ম n. the moral and social duties of man; the religion of man; humanity. ̃বর্জিত a. man-forsaken; uninhabited; desolate. ̃বসতি n. a human habitation. ̃মূর্তি n. a figure of a man; a human being; a statue. ̃হীন a. desolate, not inhabited by man. মনুষ্যাবাস n. a human habitation; a human settlement; a town, a city, a village; a dwelling-house. মনুষ্যেতর a. belonging to a lower species than the human being; of a lower order, lower (মনুষ্যেতর প্রাণী). মনুষ্যোচিত a. befitting or becoming a man; humane. 7)

(p. 831) mana-dēōẏā-nēōẏā mutual love-making; courtship. 62)

(p. 852) māḍ় (liquefied) starch extracted from rice etc. by boiling or used in the laundry as a stiffener. মাড় দেওয়া v. to starch. 43)

(p. 879) mēruna the brownish crimson colour. a. brownish crimson. 42)

(p. 865) michimichi (coll.) for nothing, in vain, meaninglessly, uselessly. a. false; useless, meaningless. 3)

(p. 831) manaprāṇa heart and soul. 65)

(p. 828) makāi maize. 13)