(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. 866) miẏā, miẏāsāhēba (Mus.) an appellation of courtesy affixed to the name of a man, (cp.) Mr, Sir.

(p. 865) michila a procession. 4)

(p. 876) mūḍh় moving under an illusion; infatuated; stupid; ignorant; indiscreet; mentally obsessed. ̃তা n. ignorance; stupidity; bewilderment; indiscretion. 2)

(p. 862) māruta the wind, air. মারুতি n. a son of the wind-god. 7)

(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. 864) māhuta a keeper and driver of an elephant, a mahout. 31)

(p. 831) madō of or pertaining to wine (মদো গন্ধ); addicted to wine (মদো মাতাল). ̃মাতাল লোক a boozer, a drunkard. 40)

(p. 843) mariẏā desperate, (cp.) devil-may-care. মরিয়া লোক a desperado. মরিয়া হয়ে adv. desperately, in desperation. 11)

(p. 830) mañjura sanctioned, approved, granted; permitted; accepted, admitted (আপিল মঞ্জুর হওয়া). মঞ্জুর করা v. to sanction, to approve; to grant; to permit; to accept, to admit. 16)

(p. 838) manōbhaṅga disappointment; despondency; dejection; discouragement. 23)

(p. 831) madana the Hindu god of love (cp. Cupid, Eros); amorous or sexual desire, eroticism. ̃গোপাল n. a cupid's minion; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃পীড়িত a. stricken with love or sexual desire, lovesick. fem. ̃পীড়িতা । ̃বাণ n. the shaft of Madana (মদন), (cp.) Cupid's shaft; (fig.) an erotogenous object. ̃বাণপীড়িত same as ̃পীড়িত । fem. ̃বাণপীড়িতা । ̃মোহন n. one who infatuates even Madana (মদন); Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). মদনোত্সব n. a spring festival held in honour of Madana (মদন); the festival of holi (হোলি). 35)

(p. 847) mahī the earth. 34)

(p. 852) mātula a mother's brother or cousinbrother, a maternal uncle. fem. মাতুলানী, মাতুলী the wife of a maternal uncle. মাতুলালয় n. the home or residence of a maternal uncle. 63)

(p. 864) māsa2 a month. মাসে, মাসে-মাসে adv. every month. a. monthly (মাসে দশ টাকা আয়). 14)