মাটি : (p. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 831) madīẏa my, mine. 39)

(p. 852) mānē meaning, interpretation, import, significance, implication; motive, purpose, cause (আন্দোলনের মানে); utility (জমি পতিত রাখার মানে কী?). মানে করা v. to interpret; to expound; to explain. মানে বোঝা v. to comprehend the meaning or motive or intention or utility of. মানে বোঝানো v. to mean, to signify; to imply; to explain the meaning of. মানে হওয়া v. to serve a purpose; to be of any use; to convey a meaning. 126)

(p. 847) mahaphila a sitting or soiree of music, a musical soiree. 13)

(p. 872) muṭē a porter. মুটে-মজুর n. labourers collectively; labourers as a class; (usu. derog.) a menial or low-grade worker. 30)

(p. 886) myāpa an atlas; a map. ম্যাপ দেখা v. to read a map. ম্যাপ রচনা করা v. to draw a map. 12)

(p. 852) mādhyika (bot.) a median. 91)

(p. 839) manbantara (myth.) the term of office of any one of the mythological Manus (মনু) covering a period of 3672 years; (pop.) a great and devastating famine (পঞ্চাশের মন্বন্তর). 37)

(p. 879) mēcētā freckles; lentigo. মেচেতা পড়া v. to be freckled. 9)

(p. 879) mēruna the brownish crimson colour. a. brownish crimson. 42)

(p. 831) matkartṛka by me. 19)

(p. 874) muni a sage practising ascetical meditation (usu. in solitude), a hermit; a sage or an ascetic. মুনির আশ্রম a hermitage. ̃বাক্য n. saying or utterance of a sage. নানা মুনির নানা মত many men many minds, sages differ. 11)

(p. 828) makkēla a client (of a pleader, barrister, attorney etc.) ̃হীন a. (of a legal practitioner) briefless. 18)

(p. 882) mōhānā (of a water-reservoir, pond etc.) a conduit, a channel; (of a river) a mouth, an estuary. 44)

(p. 831) manāntara strained relations; bad blood; a quarrel; disagreement in opinion, dissension. 77)

(p. 852) māmā a brother or cousin-brother of one's mother, a maternal uncle, an uncle. ̃তো a. descended from one's maternal uncle, avuncular. মামাতো ভাই বা বোন a cousin. ̃শ্বশুর n. a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an uncle-in-law. 143)