(p. 879) mēlāni meeting or union; a crowd; a society or association; parting, farewell; farewell greetings; a parting gift a present, a gift. 48)

(p. 864) māsabṛddhi an intercalary month. 18)

(p. 843) marūdyāna an oasis. 15)

(p. 864) māsōhārā a monthly (monetary) allowance or stipend. 26)

(p. 844) malamala a fine cotton fabric. 14)

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

(p. 866) miti measure, measurement, -metry (জ্যামিতি); knowledge. 5)

(p. 882) mōḍ়āmuḍ়i repeated contortion or twisting or bending; (fig.) chaffering, higgling and haggling. 23)

(p. 852) māmadō a ghost of a Mussalman. ̃বাজি n. (fig.) boastful and threatening behaviour, bluff, bluster. 141)

(p. 852) māchi the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or transcribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a flybane. 21)

(p. 867) mirāsa land held under hereditary title; the right of hereditary occupation. মিরাস-ইজারা n. lease or settlement of land to be enjoyed hereditarily. 6)

(p. 879) mēṭē2 made of clay or earth (মেটে পুতুল); mud-built (মেটে ঘর); plastered with clay or terra-cotta (দোমেটে); of earthy complexion, mud-coloured. মেটে সাপ a non-venomous mud-coloured snake. 17)

(p. 872) mukhākṛti the cut or appearance of the face, aspect, countenance, visage, facial features. 2)

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 876) mūṣā2, mūṣika the rat; the mouse (pl. mice). 23)