(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 879) mērajāi a kind of waistcoat. 37)

(p. 839) mantribara (in courtesy) a great minister, (cp.) the hon'ble minister. 18)

(p. 865) miṭhāi sweetmeat. ̃ওয়ালা n. a confectioner. মিঠাইয়ের দোকান a sweetmeatshop, a confectionary. 15)

(p. 876) mūrchanā (mus.) a gradual modulation or rise and fall of voice; (mus.) a sweet tremor of voice. 5)

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

(p. 852) mādrāsā a madrasa, a madrasah. 81)

(p. 874) musammata (Mus.) an appellation affixed to the names of Muslim women, (cp.) Miss, Mrs. 41)

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

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

(p. 872) mukhāgni fire applied to the mouth of the dead at cremation; act of singeing the mouth of the dead at cremation. মুখাগ্নি করা v. to singe the mouth of the dead at cremation. 3)

(p. 847) mahimā divine grace or power; glory; majesty; exaltedness, dignity; charm, influence (টাকার মহিমা). ̃কীর্তন করা v. to sing or narrate the glory of. মহিমান্বিত same as ̃ময় fem. মহিমান্বিতা । ̃ব্যঞ্জক a. expressive of grace or glory or majesty or exaltedness or dignity or power. মহিমার্ণব n. one regarded as an ocean of grace or glory or majesty or exaltedness or dignity or power. 29)

(p. 847) mahanīẏa worshipful, adorable; venerable; honourable. 11)

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

(p. 879) mēśāmiśi close association; free mixing; intimacy; familiarity; social communication. 51)