(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. 852) mārapyān̐ca shrewd or trappy trick (খেলার মারপ্যাঁচ); a shrewd or tricky twist or turn (কথার মারপ্যাঁচ); quibbling, equivocation. 154)

(p. 863) mālaśāṭa loincloth worn by tucking it tightly between one's legs like a suspenser; bragging or vaunting (as by a fighter); slapping of one's arms etc. as one gets ready to attack. মালশাট মারা v. to tuck one's loincloth tightly between one's legs like a suspenser; to brag or vaunt; to slap one's arms etc. as one gets ready to attack. 13)

(p. 830) maṭara2 pea. ̃কলাই (dial.) ̃কড়াই n. pea. ̃ডাল n. husked (ripened) peaseeds used as dal. ̃দানা n. a grain or seed of pea. a necklace or a girdle studded with small balls resembling seeds of pea. ̃মালা n. a necklace studded with small balls resembling peaseeds. ̃শাক n. pea-plant eaten as spinach. ̃শুটি n. a pea-pod, a peascod, a pease-cod, a pea-cod.

(p. 874) mūka dumb; mute; dumbfounded, speechless (বিস্ময়ে মূক হওয়া). ̃-বধির a. deaf and dumb. মূক-বধির ব্যক্তি a deafmute.

(p. 882) mōṭē in total, in all, altogether; only now, just now; at all; only. মোটেই adv. at all. 17)

(p. 839) marā1 alloy (পানমরা). a.alloyed (মরা সোনা).

(p. 878) mṛdu soft, supple, delicate; slight, gentle; not heavy, light; slow; dim, tender; not loud, low; temperate (মৃদু তাপ); mild, meek, effeminate (মৃদু স্বভাব); noiseless, stealthy (মৃদু চরণে); not sharp or keen (মৃদু ধার, মৃদু বুদ্ধি). ̃তা n. softness; gentleness; mildness, tenderness. ̃গতি same as ̃গামী । ̃গতিতে adv. with a slow or gentle motion. moving gently. ̃গমনা same as ̃গামিনী । ̃গম্ভীর a. low and deep, rumbling (মৃদুগম্ভীর স্বর বা ধ্বনি). ̃গামী a. slowly going or moving; softly or stealthily going or moving. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জল (chem.) soft water. ̃পবন, ̃বায়ু n. a gentle breeze, (naut.) a cat's-paw. ̃ভাষী a. soft-spoken. ̃মন্দ a. gently and pleasantly moving (মৃদুমন্দ বাতাস); low and sweet (মৃদুমন্দ ধ্বনি); slow; (iron.) light but sharp (মৃদুমন্দ আঘাত) adv. moving gently and pleasantly; gently and pleasantly; in a low and sweet manner; slowly; (iron.) lightly but sharply. ̃রোমশ a. (bot.) downy. ̃স্পর্শ a. soft to the touch. n. gentle touch. ̃স্বভাব a. of a gentle nature. n. gentle nature. ̃স্বর n. low voice. ̃স্বরে adv. in a low voice, in a whisper. 8)

(p. 852) mātaguḍ় drossy molasses, treacle. 50)

(p. 863) mālakōśa, mālakōṣa Malkosh; an Indian musical mode. 6)

(p. 852) mātṛ (in comp.) mother. ̃ক a. maternal; motherly; treated or fostered as by one's mother, mothered (নদীমাতৃক দেশ). ̃কল্প same as ̃তুল্য । ̃কা n. any one of a group of sixteen female deities; mother; one's mother's mother; a nurse; any one of the alphabetical letters; a matron. ̃কুল n. the mother's line, the distaff side. ̃গণ n. the eight divine female powers. ̃ঘাতক, ̃ঘাতী a. guilty of or relating to matricide, matricidal. ̃তুল্য, ̃তুল্যা a. deserving to be treated as one's mother; behaving as one's mother; motherly. ̃দায় n. the responsibility of performing the obsequies of one's deceased mother; (loos.) one's mother's death. ̃দায়গ্রস্হ a. charged with the onus of performing the obsequies of one's deceased mother; (loos.) in mourning for one's lately deceased mother. ̃দুগ্ধ n. mother's milk. ̃পক্ষ same as ̃কুল । ̃পূজা n. act of serving or adoring one's mother. ̃বত্ adv. (also a.) like one's mother. মাতৃবত্ পরদারেষু one should look upon another's wife as one's mother. ̃বিয়োগ n. mother's death. ̃ভক্ত a. devoted or deeply attached to one's mother. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion to one's mother. ̃ভাষা n. mother-tongue; vernacular. ̃ভূমি n. motherland, native land, mother-country. ̃রিষ্টি n. an inauspicious conjunction of planets in one's horoscope foreboding danger to one's mother's life. ̃শাসন n. matriarchy. ̃শাসিত a. matriarchal. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ n. the obsequies of one's deceased mother. ̃ষ্বসা same as মাতুঃষ্বসা । ̃ষ্বস্রীয়, ̃ষ্বস্রেয় n. a son of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister. ̃ষ্বস্রয়া, ̃ষ্বস্রেয়া a daughter of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister. ̃সম, ̃সমা same as ̃তুল্য । ̃সেবা same as ̃পূজা । ̃স্তন্য n. mother's milk. ̃স্তব, ̃স্তোত্র n. a hymn or incantation of the sublime female energy associated with the work of creation; a hymn or incantation of any female deity; a devotional hymn offered to one's mother. ̃হত্যা n. matricide. ̃হত্যাকারী same as ̃ঘাতক । fem. ̃হত্যাকারিণী । ̃হন্তা n. a matricide. fem. ̃হন্ত্রী । ̃হীন a. motherless. fem. ̃হীনা । 64)

(p. 831) maḍ়ā a dead body, a corpse. মড়া নিয়ে যাওয়া (contemp.) মড়া ফেলা v. to carry a corpse to the crematorium or graveyard. মড়ার উপর খাঁড়ার ঘা দেওয়া v. to strike a man when he is down; to add insult to injury; (cp.) flog a dead horse. ̃খেকো n. a ghoul, a ghost. 6)

(p. 879) maitra same as মৈত্রেয় । n.same as মৈত্রী । মৈত্রী, মৈত্র্য n. alliance; friendship; amity; an alliance or treaty; cooperation. মৈত্রেয় a. relating to allies or friends. 61)

(p. 885) maurbī a bowstring (esp. one made of the bowstring hemp). 14)

(p. 882) mōṭā fat, corpulent, fatty, adipose, bulky; voluminous (মোটা বই); thick, coarse (মোটা কাপড়, মোটা চাল); grave or hoarse (মোটা স্বর); dull (মোটা বুদ্ধি); heavy (মোটা খরচ); large (মোটা আয়); high or handsome (মোটা মাইনে); plain. simple; gross, rough, ordinary, pedestrian (চিত্রাদিতে মোটা কাজ). মোটা ভাতকাপড় plain living. ̃নো v. to grow fat, to fatten, to put on weight or flesh. ̃মাথা n. a dullard, a fathead. a. fatheaded, stupid. ̃মুটি a. roughly or grossly estimating (মোটামুটি একমাস); rough (মোটামুটি হিসাব); doing away with formalities, summary (মোটামুটি বিচার); cursory (মোটামুটি পাঠ); moderate, middling (মোটামুটি অবস্হা). adv. roughly; grossly; summarily; cursorily; moderately; on the whole. ̃সোটা a. burly; stout and strong. 16)