(p. 830) mañju beautiful, graceful, lovely; delicate; pleasant; sweet. ̃কেশী a. fem. having beautiful hair. ̃ভাষিণী a. fem. suave in speech, honey-mouthed, fairspoken. ̃ল a. same as মঞ্জু । n. a flower-grove; a grove; a bower. ̃শ্রী delicate or charming grace or beauty; one possessing such grace or beauty; name of a Jain goddess. ̃হাসিনী a. fem. sweet-smiling. 15)

(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. 847) mahanta a head of a monastery, convent, temple etc.; (cp.) an abbot. 12)

(p. 852) mā-marā motherless. 142)

(p. 866) minati a humble prayer or an earnest request; supplication, entreaty, solicitation. মিনতি করা v. to pray humbly; to request earnestly; to supplicate, to entreat, to solicit. ̃পূর্ণ্য a. full of humble prayer or earnest request; supplicatory, full of entreaties, solicitous. 12)

(p. 862) mārga a way, a path, a road (রাজমার্গ); a route; a means; a mode or means of attaining salvation (ভক্তিমার্গ); the anus; (mus.) the classical mode. ̃সংগীত n. classical music. 14)

(p. 844) maryādā dignity, honour; prestige; respect, preferential treatment, cordial reception (অতিথির মর্যাদা); good name, reputation; recognition, place or position (গুণীজনের মর্যাদা); decorum, grace (মর্যাদাপূর্ণ আচরণ); ceremonial form or etiquette (স্ব স্ব মর্যাদানুসারে দরবারে উপবেশন); status (প্রথম শ্রেণির ম্যাজিস্ট্রেটের মর্যাদা); a (complimentary) fee or tribute (কুলিনের মর্যাদা); value, worth, importance (প্রতিশ্রুতির মর্যাদা). মর্যাদা দেওয়া v. to attach importance to; to recognize the worth of; to receive or treat cordially; to pay heed to; to obey (আইনকে মর্যাদা দেওয়া); to pay respect to; to give the status of. মর্যাদা নষ্ট করা v. to defame; to attaint; to disgrace; to dishonour; to impair the dignity or prestige or importance of; to cheapen. ̃পূর্ণ a. dignified; conforming to the rules of decorum; decent, graceful; respectful. ̃শালী a. dignified; having importance, respectable. ̃হানি n. defamation: attaint; disgrace; dishonour; indignity; loss of dignity or prestige; loss of importance. মর্যাদাহানি করা same as মর্যাদা নষ্ট করা । ̃হানিকর a. damaging, defamatory; humiliating. 8)

(p. 831) manakhōlā open-hearted, hearty, frank, above-board; outspoken. 60)

(p. 863) mālā3 a necklace; a chaplet or circlet; a garland; a string (জপমালা); a series, a row, a line (ঊর্মিমালা, পর্বতমালা). মালা গাঁথা v. to form into a wreath, to wreathe. মালা জপা v. to tell one's beads. 16)

(p. 829) maṅgala well-being, weal, welfare, good, benefit; the Mars; Tuesday; a kind of Bengali epic poems about popular deities (usu. মঙ্গলকাব্য). মঙ্গল করা v. to do good to. ̃কর a. auspicious, propitious; doing good. ̃কামনা n. good wishes. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. মঙ্গলকামী ব্যক্তি a well-wisher. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does good to others. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃গীত n. a song narrating the glory of a deity. ̃গ্রহ n. the Mars. ̃ঘট n. a consecrated pitcher placed in a house to win divine favour. ̃চন্ডী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as ̃কর । fem. ̃দায়িকা । ̃বার n. Tuesday. ̃ময় a. benign, benignant, gracious, doing good, auspicious. n. God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃সংবাদ ̃সমাচার n. news of wellbeing; good news; (Christ.) gospel. ̃সূত্র n. a sacred or consecrated thread or string worn on the neck by woman. মঙ্গলা n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). মঙ্গলাকর n. a mine of good. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষা same as ̃কামনা । মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষী same as ̃কামী । fem. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । মঙ্গলাচারণ, মঙ্গলাচার n. a prayer, to obtain divine benison on the eve of commencing work or in the beginning of a drama, poem etc.; any rite performed for the welfare of the votary. মঙ্গলামঙ্গল n. good and evil, weal and woe. মঙ্গলারতি n. the ceremonial waving of lights before an idol. মঙ্গলার্থে adv. for the good or welfare of. মঙ্গল্য var. of মাঙ্গলিক । 2)

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

(p. 844) marṣa, marṣaṇa forbearance, toleration; forgiveness; destruction. 9)

(p. 874) munasēpha an officer trying suits at the lowest civil court, a munsiff. মুনসেফি n. the office of a munsiff. a. relating to a munsiff (মুনসেফি আদালত). 8)

(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

(p. 885) maulika pertaining to or originating from the root, radical; primitive, aboriginal; fundamental, basic, primary (মৌলিক নীতি বা শিক্ষা); prime (মৌলিক সংখ্যা); original (মৌলিক রচনা বা চিন্তা); (sc.) elementary; a Hindu surname. মৌলিক পদার্থ (sc.) an element. মৌলিক সংখ্যা (math.) a prime number. ̃তা n. originality. 20)