(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. 879) mēda fat; marrow. ̃জ a. produced from fat. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of fat, corpulence, obesity. 25)

(p. 863) māla1 (sl.) wine, booze. মাল টানা v. (sl.) to drink wine, to booze. 2)

(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.

(p. 846) masijībī one who earn's one's living by writing books, pamphlets, articles etc.; a writer; a scribe; a journalist; an office-clerk, (coll.) a pen-pusher. 14)

(p. 872) muga a kind of pigeon-pea. 15)

(p. 852) mānāna fittingness; becomingness; propriety; decorousness, decorum; beauty. a. fitting; becoming; decorous. 119)

(p. 867) miśana a religious mission; a mission. মিশনারি a. missionary. n. a missionary. 15)

(p. 882) mōca a nib (of a pen); a point (of a pencil); a moustache. মোচে তা দেওয়া to twist moustache to make it curl. 8)

(p. 879) mērajāi a kind of waistcoat. 37)

(p. 831) madana the Hindu god of love (cp. Cupid, Eros); amorous or sexual desire, eroticism. ̃গোপাল n. a cupid's minion; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃পীড়িত a. stricken with love or sexual desire, lovesick. fem. ̃পীড়িতা । ̃বাণ n. the shaft of Madana (মদন), (cp.) Cupid's shaft; (fig.) an erotogenous object. ̃বাণপীড়িত same as ̃পীড়িত । fem. ̃বাণপীড়িতা । ̃মোহন n. one who infatuates even Madana (মদন); Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). মদনোত্সব n. a spring festival held in honour of Madana (মদন); the festival of holi (হোলি). 35)

(p. 843) maru, marubhū, marubhūmi a desert; a wilderness; (fig.) a place or thing stuffed with afflictions. মরুঝঞ্ঝা, মরুঝটিকা, মরুঝড় n. a simoom, a simoon. মরুময় a. desert (মরুময় অঞ্চল); full of deserts (মরুময় দেশ); (fig.) full of unbearable afflictions. মরুযাত্রী n. a desert-traveller. মরু যাত্রীর দল n. a caravan. মরুসাগর n. the Dead-Sea. মরুস্হল, মরুস্হলী n. a desert. 13)

(p. 847) mahābhārata the Mahabharata, the greatest epic of the world. মহাভারত অশুদ্ধ হওয়া (fig.) occurrence of a serious fault or lapse, (cp.) profanation of the Bible. মহাভারত আরম্ভ করা (fig.) to begin an intolerably long harangue; (fig.) to make a long introduction. 27)

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

(p. 866) minamina denoting: act of mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faintness; weakness; timidity. মিনমিনে a. mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faint; weak; faint-hearted. 13)