(p. 852) māthi the pith within the stem of the cocount-tree, date-tree etc. 71)

(p. 852) mānuṣa the human race, man; a man; a human being (male or female), a person; a grown-up person, an adult; proper human being (তোরা মানুষ হ). মানুষ করা v. to rear, to bring up (ছেলে মানুষ করা); to train one to be a proper man. মানুষ হওয়া v. to be brought up; to grow up, to become an adult; to grow up into a proper man. ̃খেকো a. maneating. n. a maneater. ̃জন n. men, people (মানুষজন দেখছি না). মানুষের মতো মানুষ a proper man; a great or eminent person; a man of worth; an ideal man. মানুষিক a. human. মানুষী a. human. n. a woman; womankind. 125)

(p. 839) mara mortal; perishable. ̃জগত্ n. the perishable or mortal world; the earth. ̃জীবন n. mortal life. ̃দেহ n. the perishable body, the mortal frame. ̃মানব n. mortal man, a mortal. 54)

(p. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

(p. 852) māpā to measure; to weigh; to survey (জমি মাপা); to measure the depth of, to sound; (fig.) to try to assess the importance or weight of. a. measured; weighed; surveyed; sounded; restrained, controlled, restricted (মাপা কথা, মাপা খাওয়া). ̃জোখা, ̃জোকা a. conforming accurately to a particular measure, measured; restrained, controlled, restricted. n. measuring or surveying. মাপানো v. to cause to measure or weigh or survey or sound. 136)

(p. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 878) mṛdula soft; tender; slow; light, noiseless. fem. মৃদুলা ।

(p. 879) mēḍhra a ram; penis. ̃ত্বক n. prepuce, foreskin. 22)

(p. 846) masṛṇa perfectly plain, even, smooth; sleek; slippery, (bot.) glabrous; soothing (মসৃণ রং); soft (মসৃণ আকাশ); bland (মসৃণ কথাবার্তা) unobstructed, easy (যশের পথ মসৃণ নয়). ̃তা n. perfect plainness, evenness, smoothness; sleekness; slipperiness; (bot.) glabrousness; soothingness; softness; blandness; freedom from impediments, freeness, easiness. 18)

(p. 852) māḍ়ā to pound (ওষুধ মাড়া); to thresh (as corn); to tread or trample. মাড়াই n. threshing. মাড়ানো v. to tread or trample. 44)

(p. 872) muga a kind of pigeon-pea. 15)

(p. 843) marāi a large corn-bin made of mat, cane etc. 3)

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

(p. 852) mātāmāti drunken revelry; great excitement; feverish activities or enthusiasm; revelry; romping naughtiness. 60)

(p. 852) mājhāmājhi almost middle or central; middling, moderate (মাঝামাঝি অবস্হা). adv. almost in or to the middle or centre; almost halfway; almost half (মাঝামাঝি করা). 29)