মৌন : (p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 874) muśakō jōẏāna (usu. (dero.) a strong and robust person. 36)

(p. 879) mēḍhra a ram; penis. ̃ত্বক n. prepuce, foreskin. 22)

(p. 863) mālākara, mālākāra a maker and seller of garlands (esp. by caste); a florist; gardener. 20)

(p. 847) mahiṣī a queen; the chief queen of a king; a female buffalo. 33)

(p. 879) mēṭē2 made of clay or earth (মেটে পুতুল); mud-built (মেটে ঘর); plastered with clay or terra-cotta (দোমেটে); of earthy complexion, mud-coloured. মেটে সাপ a non-venomous mud-coloured snake. 17)

(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. 852) mānā1 prohibition, forbidding. মানা করা v. to prohibit, to forbid. 117)

(p. 828) makkā maize. 17)

(p. 831) manaścakṣu the mind's eye; imagination; insight. 68)

(p. 852) mādhaba relating to honey; honeyed. n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). মাধবী, মাধবিকা, মাধবীলতা n. an evergreen creeper, (cp.) the myrtle. মাধবীকুঞ্জ n. a myrtle-bower. 82)

(p. 885) maurusi ancestral, hereditary; enjoyable (মৌরুসি সম্পত্তি) or settled hereditarily (মৌরুসি পাট্টা). মৌরুসি স্বত্ব hereditary right. 13)

(p. 831) matalaba intention, purpose, design; a plan, a stratagem, an artifice, a wile. মতলব আঁটা v. to think out a plan, to scheme, to plan. মতলব করা বা ভাঁজা v. to contrive a stratagem; to intend, to design. ̃বাজ, মতলবি a. designing, scheming, artful, crafty, wily; self-devoted. 23)

(p. 863) mālika a proprietor (fem. a proprietress, a proprietrix), an owner; a master (fem. mistress), a lord. ̃হীন a. ownerless; derelict.

(p. 852) mātrika (used as a sfx.) (gr. & pros.) measured as long or short (দীর্ঘমাত্রিক, লঘুমাত্রিক); (mus.) consisting of a particular number of units of musical measure (ত্রিমাত্রিক তাল). 66)

(p. 872) mudgara a mallet, a club, a cudgel; a rammer; a hammer. 48)