(p. 839) mantripariṣat ministers collectively, the ministry, the cabinet. 17)

(p. 828) makhamala velvet. মখমলি a. made of velvet; velvety (মখমলি আকাশ) 20)

(p. 830) mañca a platform, a dais; a rostrum; a scaffold; the stage or theatre. ̃নির্দেশন, নির্দেশনা n. stage direction. ̃ভাষণ n. a platform speech. ̃শিল্প n. stagecraft; stage play. ̃শিল্পী n. a stage-player; a stage-decorator. ̃সজ্জা n. stage-decoration. মঞ্চস্হ করা v. to stage (a drama), to enact; (rare) to place on a platform. মঞ্চাভিনয় n. stage-acting; acting in a drama. 8)

(p. 882) mōlākāta an interview, a meeting. মোলাকাত করা v. to meet, to pay one a visit. 36)

(p. 863) māla2 an Indian tribe; a member of this tribe; a snake-charmer; a healer (esp. one knowing occult methods) of poisonous snakebites (also মালবৈদ্য). 3)

(p. 851) mākanā young elephant whose tusks have not yet been cut.

(p. 839) mandā abated; (comm.) seized with depression, slumped. n. abatement; (comm.) depression, a slump; (poet. & obs.) a wicked person. 26)

(p. 882) mōhānā (of a water-reservoir, pond etc.) a conduit, a channel; (of a river) a mouth, an estuary. 44)

(p. 852) māṭha a field, a maidan; a tract of agricultural land, land; a grazing ground, a pasture; an extensive open space (মাঠে মাঠে ঘোরা); a playing-field, a playground, a ground. মাঠে মারা যাওয়া (fig.) to be utterly lost or wasted. ̃ঘাট n. every place. 40)

(p. 879) mēgha cloud. মেঘ করা v. to cloud; to look cloudy; to become somewhat cloudy. মেঘ কেটেছে v. clouds have dispersed or lifted. মেঘ জমা v. to cloud. মেঘ হওয়া v. to cloud. অলক-মেঘ n. the cirrus. অলকাস্তর-মেঘ n. the cirro-stratus. আস্তরমেঘ n. the stratus. ঝঞ্ঝামেঘ, (coll.) ঝড়োমেঘ n. the nimbus. পুঞ্জমেঘ n. the cumulus. পুঞ্জালক-মেঘ n. the cirro-cumulus. ভাঙামেঘ scattered clouds. রাঙা মেঘ, সিঁদুরে মেঘ a cirmson-coloured cloud which presages a storm. ̃খণ্ড n. a cloudlet. ̃গর্জন n. the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. ̃জাল n. cumulated clouds. ̃ডম্বর n. cumulation of clouds; the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. মেঘডম্বর শাড়ি a sari (শাড়ি) having the colour of the nimbus, a dark blue sari. ̃নাদ n. the roar or rumble of clouds; one who roars like rumbling clouds. ̃নির্ঘোষ same as ̃গর্জন । ̃মণ্ডিত a. overcast with clouds. cloudy; cloud-topped, (poet.) cloudcapt. ̃মন্দ্র n. the rumble of clouds. ̃মন্দ্রস্বর n. a voice resembling the rumble of clouds. ̃ময় a. full of clouds, cloudy, clouded. ̃মল্লার n. megh-mallar, an Indian musical mode. ̃মালা n. a string or series of clouds. ̃মেদুর a. rendered cool or pleasantly shadowy for being overcast with clouds. ̃লা a. overcast with clouds, cloudy. মেঘাগম n. the break or advent of the monsoon; the rainy season. মেঘাচ্ছন্ন a. thickly overcast with clouds, thickly clouded. মেঘাড়ম্বর same as ̃ডম্বর । মেঘাত্যয় n. the autumn. মেঘ মেঘে বেলা হওয়া v. (fig.) to become aged; grow old over the years. 8)

(p. 843) mardā male. n. a male creature. মর্দানা n. a man (esp. a grown-up one); a. male; manly. মর্দানি1 n. (dero.) manliness or masculinity. মর্দানি2 n. fem. a tomboy, a hoyden. a. tomboyish, hoydenish (মর্দানি মেয়ে). মর্দানি করা v. to make an exhibition of manly vigour; to bravado; (of women) to behave in a masculine or mannish manner, to romp vigorously.

(p. 846) masajida a mosque, a masjid. 9)

(p. 852) mājhāra (poet.) same as মাঝ । 30)

(p. 865) miṭāra2 a unit of measuring length, a metre. 11)

(p. 863) mālaśā a small earthen basin. 12)