(p. 863) mālābadala exchange of garlands or necklaces (as done by the couple at a wedding); marriage; marriage of Vaishnavas (which demands no other ceremony than the exchange of basilnecklaces by the couple). মালাবদল করা v. to exchange garlands or necklaces; to marry; to marry in the Vaishnava way. 22)

(p. 828) maga2 a native of Arakan or Burma. মগের মুলুক Arakan; Burma; (fig.) a lawless country. 22)

(p. 847) mahanīẏa worshipful, adorable; venerable; honourable. 11)

(p. 831) madhyē in the middle, at the centre; in, into, within, inside; in between (ইতিমধ্যে); before the termination or commencement of, by (সপ্তাহমধ্যে, সন্ধ্যার মধ্যে); amidst, in the midst of, amongst or between. adv. some time back (মধ্যে একবার বলেছিলাম). মধ্যে মধ্যে. adv. from time to time, occasionally, now and then; few and far between; sparsely. 53)

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

(p. 843) marga a morgue. 17)

(p. 852) mājā2 to scour or scrub; to cleanse (as teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc.; to polish (as gold ornaments). a. scoured or scurbbed; cleansed by rubbing, brushing etc.; polished; employed or used in scouring or scrubbing. n. same as মাজন । বাসন-মাজা চাকর a scullion. বাসন-মাজা ঝি a scullerymaid. ̃ঘষা n. meticulous scouring scrubbing or polishing; meticulous cleansing and dressing (রূপের মাজাঘষা); meticulous training and practice (গায়কদের মাজাঘষা); meticulous correction and modification, careful chiselling (লেখার বা ছবির মাজাঘষা). মাজানো v. to cause to scour or scrub or cleanse or polish. 26)

(p. 852) mānamandira an observatory. 108)

(p. 863) mālā3 a necklace; a chaplet or circlet; a garland; a string (জপমালা); a series, a row, a line (ঊর্মিমালা, পর্বতমালা). মালা গাঁথা v. to form into a wreath, to wreathe. মালা জপা v. to tell one's beads. 16)

(p. 885) mauṭusi a very tiny bird sucking the honey of flowers, the sunbird. 7)

(p. 843) marā2 to die; (of trees etc.) to wither; to be ruined (চাকরি গেলে মরবে); to be extremely troubled or afflicted (ভেবে মরা); to be strongly seized with (লজ্জায় মরা); to suffer or be punished (বদমাশি করলে মরবে); to dry up, to silt up (নদী মরা); to be allayed, to abate (ব্যথা মরা); to decrease (তেজ মরা); to weaken (পেট মরা); to be spiritless (অভাবে মরে থাকা); to be out (বাতাসে আলো গেল মরে). a. dead; withered; dried up, silted up; allayed, abated; decreased; weak or weakened; utterly spiritless; extinct; dim. অনাহারে মরা v. to die of hunger, to starve; to famish. মরমে মরা v. to be extremely mortified or ashamed. মরতে মরতে বাঁচা v. to come back from the jaws of death. মরে বাঁচা v. to be relieved from suffering by death. মরে মরে impairing one's health utterly; with utmost strain and difficulty. জীয়ন্তে মরা more dead than alive. মরা নাড়ি, মরা পেট stomach weakened on account of continued under-feeding. 2)

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

(p. 851) mahōtsāha great enthusiasm or energy or zeal. মহোত্সাহী n. greatly enthusiastic or energetic or zealous. মহোত্সাহে adv. with great enthusiasm or zeal. 6)

(p. 852) māgadha of or relating to Magadha, Magadhan. মাগধী n. Magadhi, the Prakritic language which is considered the source of Hindi and Bengali. অর্ধমাগধী n. a kind of Magadhi (মাগধী) corrupted with mixture of several Prakritic dialects. 8)

(p. 886) mlēccha a non-Aryan tribe of ancient India; a member of this tribe; a Greek settler of India; (loos. but pop.) a non-Hindu; the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). a. nonHindu or anti-Hindu; wicked, sinful, given to unscriptural practices. ̃দেশ n. the part of India inhabited by the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ম্লেচ্ছাচার n. the customs and practices of Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ); non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil customs and practices. ম্লেচ্ছাচারী a. adopting the customs and practices of Mlechchhas; given to non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil practices.