(p. 852) mārabēla marble; a little hard ball (ori. made of marble) used by boys in play, a marble. মারবেল-পাহাড় n. a marble rock.

(p. 830) mañjuṣā a box, a chest, a casket. 18)

(p. 874) muṣṭi cupped palm of the hand; a handful; a fist; a handle, a haft, a hilt; firm hold, grip. ̃গত a. gripped; firmly held or controlled; clenched. ̃প্রহার same as মুষ্ট্যাঘাত । ̃বদ্ধ a. having a hand or hands closed or clenched; (of a hand) closed or clenched. ̃ভিক্ষা n. a handful of rice or other cereals given in charity. ̃মেয় a. only a handful of, a little or a few. ̃যুদ্ধ n. boxing; buffeting. মুষ্টিযুদ্ধ করা v. to engage in a boxing contest. ̃যোগ n. a quack remedy or medicine. ̃যোদ্ধা n. a boxer, a pugilist. মুষ্ট্যাঘাত n. a fisticuff, a box, a buffet. মুষ্ট্যাঘাত করা v. to box, to buffet. 40)

(p. 839) maphassala, maphasbala localities outside great towns or headquarters (cp. an outstation), mofussil. 39)

(p. 831) madira intoxicating; besotting; infatuating. ̃তা n. intoxication; drunkenness; infatuation. মদিরা n. rich. wine (cp. Madeira). মদিরাক্ষী, মদিরেক্ষণা n. fem. a woman with eyes pleasantly dilated with or as with drunkeness; a woman having beautiful eyes. মদিরাগৃহ n. an ale-house, a grog-shop. 38)

(p. 862) mārca the third month of the English calendar, March. 15)

(p. 852) manabhaṅga, mānabhañjana allaying of one's huff. মানভঞ্জন করা v. to allay one's huff. মানভঞ্জন-পালা n. a group of songs written about the soothing of Radha's (রাধা) huff by Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 107)

(p. 874) mūka dumb; mute; dumbfounded, speechless (বিস্ময়ে মূক হওয়া). ̃-বধির a. deaf and dumb. মূক-বধির ব্যক্তি a deafmute.

(p. 852) mākṣika relating to bees or flies. n. honey; pyrites (স্বর্ণমাক্ষিক). 5)

(p. 851) māui, māui-mā, māai, māai-mā a mother-in-law or aunt-in-law of a brother or sister or cousin. 23)

(p. 844) malamāsa (Hindu astr.) an intercalary month; (astrol.) an inauspicious month for marriage, etc. 15)

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

(p. 872) mudi a grocer. ̃খানা n. a grocer's shop. 45)

(p. 878) mṛta dead, deceased, defunct; lifeless; inanimate. ̃কল্প, ̃প্রায়, ̃বত্ a. almost or nearly dead, dying, moribund. ̃দার a. masc. one whose wife is dead. মৃতদার ব্যক্তি a widower. ̃দেহ n. a dead body; corpse (of a human being); carcass (of an animal). ̃বত্সা a fem. (usually) giving birth to still-born babies. ̃সঞ্জীবনী a. capable of bringing back the dead to life. n. anything (esp. a medicine) capable of bringing back the dead to life. মৃতাশৌচ n. personal impurity caused by the death of a blood-relation. 3)

(p. 852) mātā2 to go mad; (of elephants etc.) to be seized with must, to be in must; to run amuck; to be frenzied or maddened; to be beside onelself, to be overwhelmed with; to be absorbed (in); to become feverishly enthusiastic; to be greatly excited; to indulge in a revel-rout; to rise and swell by the action of fermentation, to ferment. 58)