(p. 865) mitabhāṣī economical in speech, taciturn; reticent, reserved. fem. মিতভাষিণী । মিতভাষিতা n. economy of speech, taciturnity; reticence, reservedness. 20)

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

(p. 829) maṅgala well-being, weal, welfare, good, benefit; the Mars; Tuesday; a kind of Bengali epic poems about popular deities (usu. মঙ্গলকাব্য). মঙ্গল করা v. to do good to. ̃কর a. auspicious, propitious; doing good. ̃কামনা n. good wishes. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. মঙ্গলকামী ব্যক্তি a well-wisher. ̃কারী a. & n. one who does good to others. fem. ˜কারিণী । ̃গীত n. a song narrating the glory of a deity. ̃গ্রহ n. the Mars. ̃ঘট n. a consecrated pitcher placed in a house to win divine favour. ̃চন্ডী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক same as ̃কর । fem. ̃দায়িকা । ̃বার n. Tuesday. ̃ময় a. benign, benignant, gracious, doing good, auspicious. n. God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃সংবাদ ̃সমাচার n. news of wellbeing; good news; (Christ.) gospel. ̃সূত্র n. a sacred or consecrated thread or string worn on the neck by woman. মঙ্গলা n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). মঙ্গলাকর n. a mine of good. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষা same as ̃কামনা । মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষী same as ̃কামী । fem. মঙ্গলাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । মঙ্গলাচারণ, মঙ্গলাচার n. a prayer, to obtain divine benison on the eve of commencing work or in the beginning of a drama, poem etc.; any rite performed for the welfare of the votary. মঙ্গলামঙ্গল n. good and evil, weal and woe. মঙ্গলারতি n. the ceremonial waving of lights before an idol. মঙ্গলার্থে adv. for the good or welfare of. মঙ্গল্য var. of মাঙ্গলিক । 2)

(p. 830) majhu (poet. & obs.) my. 7)

(p. 872) mudā, mōdā to close, to shut (আঁখি মোদা) 43)

(p. 867) milana union; combination; unity; alliance; reconciliation, reconcilement; meeting; meeting or union of lovers; sexual union; wedding, bridal (মিলনবাসর). মিলন করা, মিলন ঘটানো v. to unite; to combine; to reconcile; to cause to meet; to cause to meet sexually or amorously; to wed, to marry. ̃স্হান n. a meeting-place; a tryst. মিলনান্ত, মিলনান্তক a. ending in union; ending happily. মিলনান্তক নাটক a. comedy. মিলনোত্সব n. a conference or assembly; a social gathering. 9)

(p. 876) mūlībhūta causing origination; lying at the root; serving as the first or primary cause. 19)

(p. 847) mahimamaẏa glorious; majestic; exalted; dignified. fem. মহিমময়ী । 28)

(p. 852) mātula a mother's brother or cousinbrother, a maternal uncle. fem. মাতুলানী, মাতুলী the wife of a maternal uncle. মাতুলালয় n. the home or residence of a maternal uncle. 63)

(p. 878) mṛdaṅga an instrument of percussion shaped almost like a tom-tom. 7)

(p. 865) mita temperate; moderate; restricted; abstemious. 18)

(p. 852) māṭhākaruna mother, madam (used in politely addressing a lady). 42)

(p. 864) māsatutō descended from a sister or a cousin-sister of one's mother or mother-in-law, avuncular, cousinly. মাসতুতো ভাই, মাসতুতো বোন a cousin. 16)

(p. 874) munaśi a clerk, a scrivener, a scribe; a secretary; an Urdu teacher; a munshi. ̃য়ানা n. erudition; skill in drafting or composition; calligraphy; skill; virtuosity. খানমুনশি n. a private secretary. 7)

(p. 851) māila a mile. ̃পোষ্ট n. a mile-stone, a mile-post. 22)