(p. 863) mālā1 a fisherman by caste. 14)

(p. 864) māsōhārā a monthly (monetary) allowance or stipend. 26)

(p. 852) mānāna fittingness; becomingness; propriety; decorousness, decorum; beauty. a. fitting; becoming; decorous. 119)

(p. 838) manusaṃhitā, manusmṛti a code of laws drawn up by Manu (মনু). 8)

(p. 879) mēgha cloud. মেঘ করা v. to cloud; to look cloudy; to become somewhat cloudy. মেঘ কেটেছে v. clouds have dispersed or lifted. মেঘ জমা v. to cloud. মেঘ হওয়া v. to cloud. অলক-মেঘ n. the cirrus. অলকাস্তর-মেঘ n. the cirro-stratus. আস্তরমেঘ n. the stratus. ঝঞ্ঝামেঘ, (coll.) ঝড়োমেঘ n. the nimbus. পুঞ্জমেঘ n. the cumulus. পুঞ্জালক-মেঘ n. the cirro-cumulus. ভাঙামেঘ scattered clouds. রাঙা মেঘ, সিঁদুরে মেঘ a cirmson-coloured cloud which presages a storm. ̃খণ্ড n. a cloudlet. ̃গর্জন n. the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. ̃জাল n. cumulated clouds. ̃ডম্বর n. cumulation of clouds; the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. মেঘডম্বর শাড়ি a sari (শাড়ি) having the colour of the nimbus, a dark blue sari. ̃নাদ n. the roar or rumble of clouds; one who roars like rumbling clouds. ̃নির্ঘোষ same as ̃গর্জন । ̃মণ্ডিত a. overcast with clouds. cloudy; cloud-topped, (poet.) cloudcapt. ̃মন্দ্র n. the rumble of clouds. ̃মন্দ্রস্বর n. a voice resembling the rumble of clouds. ̃ময় a. full of clouds, cloudy, clouded. ̃মল্লার n. megh-mallar, an Indian musical mode. ̃মালা n. a string or series of clouds. ̃মেদুর a. rendered cool or pleasantly shadowy for being overcast with clouds. ̃লা a. overcast with clouds, cloudy. মেঘাগম n. the break or advent of the monsoon; the rainy season. মেঘাচ্ছন্ন a. thickly overcast with clouds, thickly clouded. মেঘাড়ম্বর same as ̃ডম্বর । মেঘাত্যয় n. the autumn. মেঘ মেঘে বেলা হওয়া v. (fig.) to become aged; grow old over the years. 8)

(p. 867) miśa1 inky, as dark as ink; very dark. ̃মিশ int. expressing: inky blackness or darkness. ̃মিশে a. as dark as ink; pitch-dark, very dark. 13)

(p. 879) mēdha a religious sacrifice, an oblation (অশ্বমেধ). 29)

(p. 839) manhi (chiefly used as sfx.) churning; stirring; agitating; trampling, destroying. 23)

(p. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(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. 872) muñja a kind of grass from which cords are made. 28)

(p. 852) mātalāmi, mātalāmō drunken revel or revelry, riotous drunkenness. 54)

(p. 874) mumukṣu desirous of salvation. 19)

(p. 852) mānacitra a map; a chart. মানচিত্র অভিক্ষেপ n. (geog.) stereographic projection. ̃কার, ̃কর n. a cartographer. ̃বিদ্যা n. cartography, chartography. মানচিত্রাঙ্কন n. map-drawing. মানচিত্রাবলি n. maps; a book of maps, an atlas. 97)

(p. 852) mātāla intoxicated with wine, drunk, drunken; sozzled; addicted to drinking wine esp. to excess; infatuated, beside oneself; saturated. n. a drunk person; a boozer, a drunkard. 61)