(p. 879) mēlāmēśā intimancy; association; close relationship. 50)

(p. 839) mantritba office of a minister or a counsellor of state, ministry. 16)

(p. 844) marmōdghāṭana, marmōddhāra, marmōdbhēda elicitation or exposition of the underlying truth or (inner) significance or mystery. মর্মোদ্ঘাটন করা v. to elicit or bring out the underlying truth or (inner) significance or mystery (of); to find the sense or meaning of; to reveal the secret of, to puzzle out. 7)

(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

(p. 828) makara a mythological aquatic animal; (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃কেতন ̃কেতু n. the Hindu God of love whose flag bears the symbol of the mythological makar (মকর). ̃ক্রান্তি n. the winter solstice. ক্রান্তিবৃত্ত n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃ধ্বজ n. a medicinal sublimate of mercury, sulphur and gold. ̃বাহিনী a. fem. riding on the mythological makar (মকর). n. Goddess Ganga (গঙ্গা). ̃মন্ডল n. the tropic of Capricorn. ̃রাশি n. (astrol.) the Capricorn. ̃সংক্রান্তি n. (astr.) the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to the Capricornus; (pop.) the winter solstice. 9)

(p. 852) māthaṭa poll-tax; a capital levy. 67)

(p. 838) manōnibēśa (earnest) application of the mind; (close) attention. মনোনিবেশ করা v. to apply one's mind (earnestly or closely) to; to pay close attention to; to employ oneself intently or diligently in. 15)

(p. 851) mahōpakāra a great good turn, great benefit or service. মহোপকারক, মহোপকারী a. very beneficial or serviceable; very benevolent; highly benign. n. a great benefactor. 10)

(p. 879) mēdhya sacrificial; sacred. 31)

(p. 831) matalaba intention, purpose, design; a plan, a stratagem, an artifice, a wile. মতলব আঁটা v. to think out a plan, to scheme, to plan. মতলব করা বা ভাঁজা v. to contrive a stratagem; to intend, to design. ̃বাজ, মতলবি a. designing, scheming, artful, crafty, wily; self-devoted. 23)

(p. 828) ma-kāra a word beginning with ম । পঞ্চ ম- কার see পঞ্চ । 15)

(p. 874) muphata & a. cost-free, gratuitous; without remuneration, gratis. মুফতে adv. cost-free; gratuitously; free of cost. 16)

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

(p. 852) māna2 honour, respect; cordial reception; fame; dignity; pride; (dero.) vanity. মান দেওয়া v. to treat with honour or deference. মান রাখা v. to do honour to, to respect, to heed; to do the honours (to); to save one's face. 93)

(p. 839) maẏalā excrement, faeces, stool, dung; refuse; filth, soil, dirt; gloom, melancholy; angularity, crookedness (মনের ময়লা). a. filthy; dirty, soiled; (of complexion) dark; not bright or clear, clouded, overcast (ময়লা আকাশ); glum, melancholy (ময়লা মুখ); crooked (ময়লা মন). ময়লা করা v. to soil. ময়লার গাড়ি a scavenger's cart or van or train, a night-soil cart. ̃টে a. slightly soiled; appearing to be soiled; (of complexion) darkish; slightly clouded or overcast; slightly glum. 49)