(p. 847) mahanmadi Mohammedan, Muslim. n. a Mohammedan. 14)

(p. 882) mōḍ়la a village headman; (facet.) a leader; the foreman of a group of workmen. 20)

(p. 852) mādrāsā a madrasa, a madrasah. 81)

(p. 872) mugura a mallet, a club, a cudgel; a rammer; hammer. 17)

(p. 851) māui, māui-mā, māai, māai-mā a mother-in-law or aunt-in-law of a brother or sister or cousin. 23)

(p. 838) manōmatō to one's liking or choice, after one's own heart. 26)

(p. 844) malaẏa a mountain range in South India, the Western Ghats (also মলয়গিরি, মলয়াচল); the ancient name of Malabar or of the Malay Peninsula; the south wind or vernal breeze; (cp.) zephyr (also মলয়পবন, মলয়বায়ু, মলয়মারুত, মলয়সমীর, মলয়সমীরণ, মলয়ানিল). ̃জ a. grown on the Malaya (মলয়) mountains. n. sandal-wood, sandal; the south wind; the vernal breeze. মলয়জশীতল a. cooled by the south wind. 16)

(p. 852) māchi the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or transcribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a flybane. 21)

(p. 852) mādi (esp. of inferior creatures) female, (cp.) she- (মাদি কুকুর). 76)

(p. 882) mōsāhēba a fawning or cringing attendant; a fawner, a toady; a flatterer. মোসাহেবি n. fawning, toadyism; flattery, adulation. মোসাহেবি করা v. to fawn upon as a sycophant; to toady; to fawn upon; to flatter. 40)

(p. 830) mañca a platform, a dais; a rostrum; a scaffold; the stage or theatre. ̃নির্দেশন, নির্দেশনা n. stage direction. ̃ভাষণ n. a platform speech. ̃শিল্প n. stagecraft; stage play. ̃শিল্পী n. a stage-player; a stage-decorator. ̃সজ্জা n. stage-decoration. মঞ্চস্হ করা v. to stage (a drama), to enact; (rare) to place on a platform. মঞ্চাভিনয় n. stage-acting; acting in a drama. 8)

(p. 885) mautāta extreme craving for liquor or drugs at routine hours as felt by inveterate drunkards and drug-addicts; act of drinking wine or taking drugs at routine hours; pleasant stupor caused by drugging or drinking. মৌতাত করা v. to drink wine or take drugs at the fixed hour. মৌতাত ছুটে যাওয়া v. to have one's pleasant drugstupor or besottedness disturbed. মৌতাতের সময় a fixed hour for taking drugs or drinking wine. 8)

(p. 852) māmadō a ghost of a Mussalman. ̃বাজি n. (fig.) boastful and threatening behaviour, bluff, bluster. 141)

(p. 839) maẏadā flour. ̃কল n. a flourmill. ময়দা মাখা v. to knead flour. 44)

(p. 846) mastaka (high. & for.) the head; the cranium, the skull, the brain; the top, the summit, the crest (হিমালয়ের মস্তক); the topmost or foremost position (মন্ত্রিসভার মস্তকে ছিলেন জওহরলাল). মস্তক ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead; to truncate. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen from or slipped off the head or top. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a head, cephalous; headed (বহুমস্তকবিশিষ্ট = hydraheaded). ̃ব্যবচ্ছেদ n. cephalotomy. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. cephalic. ̃হীন, ̃শূন্য a. headless; acephalous; truncated. ̃শূল n. headache, migraine. মস্তকাবরণ n. a covering for the head; a head-dress; a turban; a helmet; a cap; a veil. মস্তকাভরণ n. an ornament for the head. মস্তকোপরি adv. on or over the head. মস্তকোর্ধ্বে adv. over the head, overhead.