(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. 879) mṛnmaẏa made of earth or clay, earthen, clayey; mud-built (মৃন্ময় কুটির). fem. মৃন্ময়ী । মৃন্ময় তলানি (geog.) terrigenous deposit. ̃পাত্র same as মৃত্পাত্র । ̃মূর্তি n. a clay-model; an image made of clay. ̃শিল্প same as মৃত্শিল্প । 2)

(p. 830) majura a labourer, a workman, a worker. fem. মজুরনি । ̃সরদার n. a foreman of a gang, a gangsman, a ganger. মজুরের দল a band of labourers; a gang. মজুরি n. labour cost or charges; wages of a labourer; labour work. ম়জুরি করা v. to work as a labourer. 3)

(p. 844) malā2 to trample; to rub; to scrub; to thresh; to thrash. 17)

(p. 852) māggi exorbitantly high in price, dear. ̃গণ্ডা n. dearness and scarcity. ̃গণ্ডার দিন বা বাজার days of high price and scarcity. ̃ভাতা n. dearness allowance. 14)

(p. 852) māmā a brother or cousin-brother of one's mother, a maternal uncle, an uncle. ̃তো a. descended from one's maternal uncle, avuncular. মামাতো ভাই বা বোন a cousin. ̃শ্বশুর n. a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an uncle-in-law. 143)

(p. 839) manbantara (myth.) the term of office of any one of the mythological Manus (মনু) covering a period of 3672 years; (pop.) a great and devastating famine (পঞ্চাশের মন্বন্তর). 37)

(p. 852) mājhāmājhi almost middle or central; middling, moderate (মাঝামাঝি অবস্হা). adv. almost in or to the middle or centre; almost halfway; almost half (মাঝামাঝি করা). 29)

(p. 831) madata aid, help, assistance; cooperation. মদত দেওয়া v. to aid, to help, to assist; to cooperate with. 34)

(p. 852) māna3 huff caused by undesirable behaviour of a beloved person; tiff, sulks, pique. মান করা v. to be in a huff, to huff, to sulk. মান ভরে adv. in a fit of pique or resentment. মান ভাঙানো v. to win over or placate a beloved who is in a huff. 94)

(p. 862) mārjāra the cat; (mas.) the tomcat; any feline beast (জল-মার্জার). fem. মার্জারী, মার্জারিকা the female cat, the she-cat, (cp.) the pussy-cat. 17)

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

(p. 839) manōmugdhakara, manōmahōna captivating, fascinating, charming; very beautiful. fem. মনোমোহিনী । 4)

(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. 851) māika, māikrōphōna a microphone, a mike. 16)