(p. 829) majaliśa a sitting, a meeting, a gathering; a party (চায়ের মজলিশ); an association, a society, a club. মজলিশি a. of or fit for a party or assembly; capable of brightening up a gathering or party with pleasant talk or bearing. 7)

(p. 872) -mukhī of -মুখো । 10)

(p. 852) mānya same as মাননীয় । n. honour, respect, cordial reception (মান্য করা); a gift of honour, a complimentary present (মান্য দেওয়া); compliance, observance. fem. a. মান্যা । মান্য করা v. to honour, to respect, to accord cordial reception (to); to comply with, to observe. ̃গণ্য a. respectable and important. ̃বর a. highly honourable or venerable or respectable. ̃বরেষু adv. to a highly respectable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter). 133)

(p. 839) manhana churning; stirring; agitating, agitation; trampling; destroying, destruction. মন্হন করা v. to churn; to stir, to agitate; to trample; to destroy. ̃দণ্ড n. a churning-stick. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড n. a churning-pot, (cp.) a churn. ̃রজ্জু n. a rope to which a churning-stick is fitted during the process of churning, a churning-rope. মন্হনী n. a churning-stick; a churningpot; a churn. 21)

(p. 831) manḍa gruel; starch; pulp; paste. 12)

(p. 864) māsaśbaśura the husband of a মাসশাশুড়ি, an uncle-in-law. 22)

(p. 882) mōṭara a motor; a motor car. ̃গাড়ি n. a motor car. মোটরগাড়ি চালানো v. to drive a motor car; to motor. ভাড়াটে মোটরগাড়ি a hired motor car or a taxicab. ভাড়াটে মোটরগাড়ির আড্ডা a taxistand. মোটরগাড়ির চালক, মোটরচালক a motor driver; a motorist. মোটর-মিস্ত্রি n. a motor mechanic. 15)

(p. 865) miṭimiṭi flickering dimly (মিটিমিটি জ্বালা); blinkingly (মিটিমিটি চাওয়া). a. dimly flickering, dim; blinking. মিটিমিটি করা v. to flicker dimly; to blink. 13)

(p. 830) maṭakā a coarse variety of tusser; the topmost (and also central) part of the surface of a thatched roof (cp. loft); feigned sleep; a large earthen barrel or cask. মটকা মারা v. to close up or block the opening at the centre of a thatched roof; to pretend sleep, to pretend to be sleeping. 20)

(p. 866) mitāśana, mitāhāra temperance in food and drink, abstemiousness. মিতাশী, মিতাহারী a. abstemious, temperate. 4)

(p. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(p. 831) manḍita ornamented; embellished; decorated (with). fem. মন্ডিতা । মন্ডিত করা v. to ornament; to embellish; to decorate; to dress; to overlay or stud (with). 16)

(p. 838) manōgrāhī pleasant; agreeable; attractive. 10)

(p. 867) mukhasta committed to memory, got by heart, memorized, lying in or within the mouth. মুখস্ত করা v. to commit to memory, to get by heart, to memorize; to cram. মুখস্ত বলা v. to commit from memory. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art of cramming; knowledge confined to memory work. -মুখা older var. of -মুখো ।

(p. 874) muṣka the scrotum. ̃গ্রন্হি n. the testicles. মুষ্কচ্ছেদন করা v. to castrate. ছিন্নমুষ্ক a. castrated. 39)