(p. 847) maharama the Muslim festival of Muharam; the first month of the Muslim calendar. 16)

(p. 847) mahiṣa the buffalo. ̃ধ্বজ, ̃বাহন n. appellations of Yama (যম), the god of death. ̃মর্দিনী n. fem. (myth.) Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) who slew the demon Mahisa (মহিষ); (fig.) a terrible female warrior, (cp.) an amazon; (facet.) a termagant. 31)

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

(p. 852) mātā1 mother. ̃পিতা n. pl. parents. ̃পিতৃহীন a. parentless, orphan. fem. ̃পিতৃহীনা । ̃মহ n. the father or an uncle of one's mother, a maternal grandfather. fem. ̃মহী the mother or an aunt of one's mother, a maternal grandmother. 57)

(p. 867) mirajāi a waist-coat or vest with cotton padding inside. 3)

(p. 852) māgha the tenth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of January to the middle of February). মাঘী a. of the month of Magha (মাঘ). n. the fullmoon day in the month of Magha (also মাঘী পূর্ণিমা). মাঘোত্সব n. a religious festival observed by the Brahmo Samaj in the month of Magha (মাঘ). 16)

(p. 866) minati a humble prayer or an earnest request; supplication, entreaty, solicitation. মিনতি করা v. to pray humbly; to request earnestly; to supplicate, to entreat, to solicit. ̃পূর্ণ্য a. full of humble prayer or earnest request; supplicatory, full of entreaties, solicitous. 12)

(p. 830) maṭa, maṭ denoting: a snapping noise as caused by the splitting or twisting of anything hard. মট্ করে adv. with a cracking or snapping sound. মট্মট্ int. denoting repeated মট্ sound. 19)

(p. 839) maẏalā excrement, faeces, stool, dung; refuse; filth, soil, dirt; gloom, melancholy; angularity, crookedness (মনের ময়লা). a. filthy; dirty, soiled; (of complexion) dark; not bright or clear, clouded, overcast (ময়লা আকাশ); glum, melancholy (ময়লা মুখ); crooked (ময়লা মন). ময়লা করা v. to soil. ময়লার গাড়ি a scavenger's cart or van or train, a night-soil cart. ̃টে a. slightly soiled; appearing to be soiled; (of complexion) darkish; slightly clouded or overcast; slightly glum. 49)

(p. 852) māduli an amulet (usu. shaped like a tom-tom). 78)

(p. 882) mōcaḍ় a contortion; a wring, a twist, a wriggle; a wrench; (fig.) constraint, pressure. মোচড় দেওয়া v. to contort; to wring, to twist, to wriggle; to wrench; (fig.) to constrain, to put (undue) pressure. মোচড়ানো v. to twist; to contort; to wring; to wriggle. মোচড়া-মুচড়ি n. repeated contortion or wringing or twisting or wriggling or wrenching; (fig.) persistent solicitation or higgling. মোচড়ামুচড়ি করা v. to contort or wring or twist or wriggle or wrench; (fig.) to solicit or higgle persistently. 9)

(p. 872) muḍ়ki parched paddy coated with boiled sugar or molasses. 31)

(p. 863) mālañca a flower-garden. 8)

(p. 879) mēni (in endearment) a puss, a pussycat. ̃মুখো a. bashful, shy; effeminate (esp. in speech). 32)

(p. 830) mañjīra an anklet with small jingling bells. 14)