(p. 831) madhura very sweet, honeyed; sweet; delicious; pleasant. fem. মধুরা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. great sweetness; deliciousness; pleasantness. ̃ভাষিণী a. fem. honeytongued; soft-spoken. masc. ̃ভাষী । ̃প্রকৃতি, ̃স্বভাব a. sweet-tempered. ̃স্বর a. sweet-voiced. মধুরাম্ল n. an acid; acid. a. acid. মধুরালাপ n. pleasant or friendly conversation; (poet.) amorous conversation. মধুরিমা a. (great) sweetness; pleasantness. 45)

(p. 851) mā2 mother; (coll.) mom, mamma, mama, ma; (of beasts) dam. মায়ের জাত womenfolk, womanhood, womankind. মায়ের দয়া (fig.) small pox or chicken pox. 14)

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

(p. 829) majā2 pleasure; enjoyment; comfort and luxury (মজায় থাকা); sport, frolic; fun; banter, joke; a funny or pleasant affair or object. মজা করা v. to make fun (of); to make a song of; to pull one's leg; to indulge in pleasures and frolics. মজা টের পাওয়া v. to feel the weight or brunt of adventure or danger or difficulty; to feel the pinch of; to feel the evil consequences; to be punished, to have to kiss the rod. মজা টের পাওয়ানো, মজা দেখানো v. to drag one into a danger or trouble as a punishment; to punish; to teach one a lesson; to make one feel the evil consequences of. মজা দেখা v. to take delight in other's trouble; to view other's trouble with secret joy. মজা মারা, মজা লোটা v. to enjoy; to indulge in pleasures and frolics; to enjoy undue benefit from something; to live amidst pleasure and luxury. মজার গল্প a funny or amusing story. 9)

(p. 839) mandra a grave sonorous voice, (cp.) barytone; a kind of tom-tom. a. grave and sonorous, barytone. ̃সপ্তক n. (mus.) the middle octave. 36)

(p. 864) māsatutō descended from a sister or a cousin-sister of one's mother or mother-in-law, avuncular, cousinly. মাসতুতো ভাই, মাসতুতো বোন a cousin. 16)

(p. 862) mārkasabāda Marxism, the theory of Karl Marx. 9)

(p. 852) mātā1 mother. ̃পিতা n. pl. parents. ̃পিতৃহীন a. parentless, orphan. fem. ̃পিতৃহীনা । ̃মহ n. the father or an uncle of one's mother, a maternal grandfather. fem. ̃মহী the mother or an aunt of one's mother, a maternal grandmother. 57)

(p. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 844) malina dirty, unclean; soiled; tarnished; dark (মলিন গাত্রবর্ণ); dim; dull; overcast, gloomy (মলিন আকাশ); glum; sorrowful, sad (মলিন মুখ). fem. মলিনা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব, মলিনিমা n. dirtiness, uncleanliness; soiled or tarnished state; darkness; dimness; dullness; gloominess; gloom; glumness; sadness. মলিনীকৃত a. made dirty or soiled. 22)

(p. 852) mānasāṅka a mathematical sum to be worked out mentally. 113)

(p. 867) miśa1 inky, as dark as ink; very dark. ̃মিশ int. expressing: inky blackness or darkness. ̃মিশে a. as dark as ink; pitch-dark, very dark. 13)

(p. 828) muḍ় a tiara made of sola. 5)

(p. 852) mānacitra a map; a chart. মানচিত্র অভিক্ষেপ n. (geog.) stereographic projection. ̃কার, ̃কর n. a cartographer. ̃বিদ্যা n. cartography, chartography. মানচিত্রাঙ্কন n. map-drawing. মানচিত্রাবলি n. maps; a book of maps, an atlas. 97)

(p. 867) miśara Egypt. মিশরীয় a. of or pertaining to Egypt, Egyptian. n. an Egyptian. 16)