(p. 872) mudā, mōdā to close, to shut (আঁখি মোদা) 43)

(p. 879) mērajāi a kind of waistcoat. 37)

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)

(p. 867) miramunaśi chief clerk, head clerk; chief secretary. 5)

(p. 852) mādhyākarṣaṇa (sc.) gravitation or gravity. মাধ্যাকর্ষণ-সুত্র n. the law of gravitation. 89)

(p. 831) madhya the middle; the centre; the waist; the inside or interior; midst; interval. a. middle, central, mid; interior, inside; intervening, interim, mean; middling, mediocre; medium. মধ্য উষ্ণতা mean temperature. ̃ক a. (arith.) mean. n. (arith.) a mean. ̃কর্ণ n. the middle ear, (loos.) the tympanum. ̃কাল n. (astr.) the meantime. ̃কোণ n. (astr.) the mean anomaly. ̃ক্ষীণা a. fem. having a slender waist. ̃গ a. of the middling state, mean. fem. ̃গা । ̃গমন n. (astr.) culmination. ̃চ্ছদা n. (physio.) the diaphragm. ̃তল n. (astr.) the meridian plane. ̃ত্বক n. (bot.) mesocarp. ̃দিন n. (arch.) midday, noon. ̃দেশ n. the middle or central part; the waist; the interior or inside; Central India. ̃পদলোপী n. (gr.) a mode of framing compound words by deleting the word in the middle of other two. ̃পর্দা, ̃পরদা n. the middle lamella. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; the golden mean. ̃পন্হী a. & n. moderate, (a person) avoiding extremes and following or pursuing the middle course or the golden mean. ˜প্রাচ্য n. the Middle East; countries of the Middle East. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. মধ্যবয়স্কা । ̃বর্তিতা n. the state of being in the middle; the state of being inside; intermediacy; intervention; mediation. ̃বর্তী a. situated or stationed in the middle or inside or in the midst; intermediate; intervening; medial; mediating. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ̃বর্তী নিযুক্তক a handling agent. মধ্যবর্তী হওয়া v. to lie in or go into the middle; to intervene; to mediate. ̃বিত্ত a. middleclass, bourgeois. মধ্যবিত্ত-মনোবৃত্তি n. middleclass mentality; (esp. pol.) petty bourgeois mentality. মধ্যবিত্ত-সম্প্রদায় n. the middle class, the bourgeoisie. ̃বিধ a. middling, mediocre. ̃বিন্দু n. the centre. ̃ভারত n. Central India. ̃মণি n. a jewel at the centre of anything; (fig.) the most glorious or precious or prominent person or thing. ̃মান n. an Indian musical measure. ̃যুগ n. the Middle Ages. ̃যুগীয় a. mediaeval. ̃রাত্র n. midnight. ̃রাত্রে adv. at midnight, at dead of night. ̃রেখা n. (geog. & astr.) the meridian; (geom.) a median. মধ্যশিক্ষা পর্ষত্ The Board of Secondary Education. ̃শিরা n. (bot.) the midrib. ̃স্হ a. of the interior or inside; inner; lying inside or in the interior; lying in the midst; intermediate, medial; intervening; mediating; intermediary. n. a mediator; an arbitrator, an arbiter; an intermediary, a middleman, a go-between. fem. ̃স্হা । মধ্যস্হ ন্যায়ালয় an arbitral tribunal. ̃স্হতা n. mediation; arbitration. মধ্যস্হতা করা v. to mediate; to arbitrate. ̃স্হল n. the middle; the centre; the inside, the interior; the midst. ̃স্হিত a. lying inside or in the interior; lying in the midst. 47)

(p. 830) maṭakā a coarse variety of tusser; the topmost (and also central) part of the surface of a thatched roof (cp. loft); feigned sleep; a large earthen barrel or cask. মটকা মারা v. to close up or block the opening at the centre of a thatched roof; to pretend sleep, to pretend to be sleeping. 20)

(p. 839) maramiẏā trying to probe into the spirit of religion etc. disregarding forms; pertaining to the transcendental mysteries about God (মরমিয়া তত্ত্ব); mystic, mystical (মরমিয়া কবি). 62)

(p. 886) myālēriẏā malaria. ̃ঘটিত a. malarial. ̃জ্বর n. malarial fever. ম্যালেরিয়া বিশেষজ্ঞ n. malariologist. 13)

(p. 852) mādala a kind of tom-tom played on by the Santal (সাঁওতাল) people. 74)

(p. 831) mada vanity, pride; arrogance; intoxication; frenzy; infatuation; great joy or elation; musk; wine; intoxicating juice (মহুয়ার মদ); a watery exudation from the cheeks, temple etc. of an elephant in rut. মদ খাওয়া v. to drink wine, to drink. ̃খোর a. addicted to drinking wine. মদখোর লোক a drunkard. ̃গর্ব n. insane vanity or pride or arrogance. ̃গর্বিত, ̃গর্বী a. mad with vanity or pride or arrogance. fem. ̃গর্বিতা । ̃মত্ত a. raving on account of being drunk; mad with vanity; (of an elephant) in rut. fem. ̃মত্তা । মদমত্ত হাতি an elephant in rut; a must elephant. 33)

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

(p. 879) mēẏē a daughter; a little girl, a girl; a woman. a. female, she (মেয়েবিড়াল); effeminate. ̃ছেলে (usu. considered ind.) n. same as মেয়েমানুষ । ̃-মর্দ (coll.) ̃-মদ্দ n. pl. men and women; husband and wife. ̃মর্দানি n. a termagant, an Amazon; (cp.) a tomboy. ̃মানুষ n. a woman; womankind. ̃মুখো a. (of men) effeminate or timid in speech (and also in activity). মেয়েলি a. of women, feminine, womanly; effeminate, womanish (মেয়েলি ভাব). ̃লোক n. a woman. 36)

(p. 879) mēṭuli, mēṭē1 the liver of a goat, sheep etc. taken as food. 16)

(p. 872) mukhya chief, principal, main; pre-eminent; foremost, prime; original; major. মুখ্য আধিকারিক the chief officer. ̃কর্ম n. (gr.) a direct object. ̃ক্রিয়া n. a primary action; (gr.) a principal verb. মুখ্য জোয়ার high tide, flow tide. ̃তল n. the principal plane. মুখ্য নিরীক্ষক the chief auditor. মুখ্য নির্বাহক the chief executive officer. মুখ্য ন্যায়াধীশ chief judge. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the chief minister. 14)