(p. 864) māhuta a keeper and driver of an elephant, a mahout. 31)

(p. 882) mōkābilā confronting, encountering; settlement of disputes by meeting face to face; settlement in presence of all concerned. মোকাবিলা করা v. to encounter or confront or try to settle disputes by sitting face to face; to brave. 2)

(p. 847) -mahalā2 rehearsal (of a dramatic performance); practice (নাচের মহলা); demonstration (বিদ্যাবুদ্ধির মহলা). মহলা দেওয়া v. to rehearse; to practise; to give a demonstration of. 21)

(p. 874) muhuri1 a sewer, a gutter, a drain; a strainer covering the mouth of a drain; a nut of a bolt; the measure of the cuff or ankle of garments. 47)

(p. 839) manda slow; slow-moving, gentle; sluggish; slack; dim; bad, evil; wicked, vile; inferior; unfavourable, adverse; ill, impaired; indisposed (শরীরটা আজ মন্দ); indigent, poor (মন্দ অবস্হার লোক); impoverished; deteriorated (কারবার মন্দ); harsh, rude; scanty, small, poor (বেতন বড়ো মন্দ); small in number or quantity or degree (বয়স মন্দ নয়); ugly; dull, weak. n. harm, injury. মন্দ করা v. to do harm to, to cause injury to. মন্দ আচরণ misbehaviour, misconduct; illtreatment. মন্দ কথা reproachful words; harsh or rude words; abusive or filthy language; an obscene word; a calumny; bad report. মন্দ কাজ a wicked deed; a misdeed; a disgraceful act. ̃গতি a. slow-moving; slow. n. slowness. ̃গমন, ̃গামী same as ̃গতি । fem. ̃গমনা, ̃গামিনী । মন্দ চালচলন evil ways. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. slowness; slow motion; sluggishness; dimness; badness; wickedness, vileness; inferiority; unfavourableness, adverseness; illness, impaired state; indisposition; indigence, poverty; impoverishment; deterioration; harshness, rudeness; scantiness, smallness in number or quantity or degree; ugliness; dullness; weakness. ̃ন n. (mech.) retardation. মন্দ নয় not bad, moderate; (sarcas.) fine, nice. মন্দ ফল bad result; evil consequence. ̃বায়ু same as মন্দানিল । ̃বুদ্ধি a. having evil or foul design; wicked, vile, ill-natured; dull-headed. মন্দ ব্যবহার same as মন্দ আচরণ । ̃ভাগ, ̃ভাগ্য a. ill-fated, unfortunate, unlucky. fem. ̃ভাগা, ̃ভাগ্যা, (loos.) ̃ভাগিনী । ̃মতি same as ̃বুদ্ধি । মন্দ মন্দ adv. slowly, gently. মন্দ সময় bad times, hard times. ̃সমীরণ same as মন্দানিল । ̃স্রোত n. slow current. ̃হাস্য n. a gentle laugh, a smile. ̃হিল্লোল n. gentle waves. মন্দের ভালো rather tolerable in the midst of a world of evils; not bad. 24)

(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. 867) misibābā (used by domestic servants) missy. 24)

(p. 847) mahimamaẏa glorious; majestic; exalted; dignified. fem. মহিমময়ী । 28)

(p. 882) mōkṣama unfailing; irrefutable; formidable; undeniable; terrible; fatal. 6)

(p. 886) myājamyāja denoting: a feeling of physical uneasiness or indisposition or indolence. ম্যাজম্যাজ করা v. to feel physically indisposed or uneasy or sluggish. 5)

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

(p. 838) manu (myth.) any one of the fourteen sons of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); the fourteenth Manu (মনু). regarded as the father and first law-giver of mankind. 5)

(p. 867) mukhara garrulous, talkative, long-tongued; acrimonious in speech, mouthy, sharp-tongued; shrewish, quarrelsome; noisy (মুখর নূপুর); resounded or resounding or reverberating; loud; voluble; clamorous. মুখরা a. fem. clamorous, loud-tongued, shrewish. n. a termagant, a vixen. মুখরিত a. resounded; resounding; giving out a noise, full of noise. 45)

(p. 831) matsara envy, malice, spite; malevolence. a. envious, malicious, spiteful; malevolent; base, mean. 24)

(p. 852) māpa1 pardon, excuse; remission; exemption. মাপ করা v. to pardon, to forgive, to excuse; to remit, to exempt. 134)