(p. 831) manaprāṇa heart and soul. 65)

(p. 852) māṭāpālāma a coarse borderless white fabric or loincloth. 36)

(p. 828) mu, mau honey. মউ-আলু n. sweet yam. ̃চাক, ̃মাছির চাক n. a honeycomb; a beehive. ̃মাছি n. the bee. মউমাছির রানি a queen-bee. ̃মাছি পালন n. bee-keeping, apiculture. ̃লোভী a. fond of honey. 4)

(p. 852) māṇabaka a (male) child; a manikin, a dwarf. 46)

(p. 828) muni a churn, a churning-staff. 6)

(p. 852) mātrika (used as a sfx.) (gr. & pros.) measured as long or short (দীর্ঘমাত্রিক, লঘুমাত্রিক); (mus.) consisting of a particular number of units of musical measure (ত্রিমাত্রিক তাল). 66)

(p. 828) m the twenty-fifth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 882) mōtāẏēna stationed, posted; posted on guard; ready at hand for action. মোতায়েন করা বা রাখা v. to station, to post; to post on guard; to keep ready at hand (or in readiness) for action. 24)

(p. 852) māta2 (in chess) checkmating; act of defeating thoroughly (প্রতিপক্ষকে মাত করা); act of winning outright (বাজি মাত করা). a. checkmated; completely defeated. মাত করা v. to checkmate; to defeat thoroughly; to win outright. 49)

(p. 852) māchi the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or transcribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a flybane. 21)

(p. 831) madhyāhna midday, noon. ̃কালীন a. of or at noon, midday, noonday, noontide; meridional. ̃ক্রিয়া n. any one of the scriptural or other midday duties; midday meal, luncheon, lunch. ̃ভোজন n. midday meal, luncheon, lunch. মধ্যাহ্নভোজন করা v. to take one's midday meal, to lunch. ̃সূর্য n. the midday sun, the meridian sun. 51)

(p. 846) maśā the mosquito. ডাঁশ মশা n. the gnat. মশা মারতে কামান দাগা (fig.) to crush a butterfly on a wheel. 5)

(p. 864) miu expressing: the cry of a cat, mew. মিউমিউ int. expressing: repeated mewing. মিউমিউ করা v. to mew repeatedly; to mew.

(p. 852) mādi (esp. of inferior creatures) female, (cp.) she- (মাদি কুকুর). 76)

(p. 852) mānamandira an observatory. 108)