মৃদু : (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) mādṛśa like me; like myself. fem. মাদৃশী । 79)

(p. 886) mlāna pale; haggard, emaciated, shrivelled; dim; lacklustre, mat, matt; dull; cheerless, glum, sorrowful; darkened, gloomy; fatigued, without; (fig.) reduced, humbled, tarnished (গৌরব ম্লান হওয়া). ̃তা, ̃ত্ব, ম্লানিমা n. paleness; haggardness; dimness; dullness; glumness, sadness; gloominess, fatigued state. ̃মুখে adv. with a sad or gloomy face. ম্লানায়মান a. getting pale or haggard or dim or dull or glum or gloomy. 15)

(p. 882) mōḍ় a turn, a bend, a crossing (রাস্তার মোড়) 18)

(p. 831) manapabana (dial.) secret inclinations and intentions, one's mind. মনপবনের দাঁড় (in folk-tales) an oar by means of which a boat can be driven at any speed and in any directions as one desires. 64)

(p. 852) mākāla a lovely-looking fruit with offensive-smelling inedible pulp, (cp.) the colocynth; (fig.) a very handsome but worthless person. 2)

(p. 831) maniba master (fem.: a mistress); an employer. fem. মনিবানি ।

(p. 844) mala1 a bangle for the ankle. 10)

(p. 879) maithila of or inhabiting Mithila. মৈথিলী n. the language of Mithila; a woman of Mithila. 62)

(p. 844) malidā a fine and soft woollen fabric; a shawl made of this fabric. 21)

(p. 831) madōddhata highly conceited or arrogant or haughty, stuck-up, puffed up. 41)

(p. 839) manōrama pleasing to the mind, fascinating; pleasant, delightful; beautiful. fem. মনোরমা । 9)

(p. 831) manasbī endowed with mental calm or peace; magnanimous, large-minded, large-hearted; great-hearted; (loos.) possessing sharp intellect. fem. মনস্বিনী । মনস্বিতা n. possession of mental calm or peace; magnanimity, large-mindedness; (loos.) possession of sharp intellect; sharpwittedness. 75)

(p. 852) māṭakalāi groundnut, monkey-nut, earth-nut. 34)

(p. 851) mā2 mother; (coll.) mom, mamma, mama, ma; (of beasts) dam. মায়ের জাত womenfolk, womanhood, womankind. মায়ের দয়া (fig.) small pox or chicken pox. 14)

(p. 874) muni a sage practising ascetical meditation (usu. in solitude), a hermit; a sage or an ascetic. মুনির আশ্রম a hermitage. ̃বাক্য n. saying or utterance of a sage. নানা মুনির নানা মত many men many minds, sages differ. 11)