(p. 843) martamāna a variety of banana originally grown in Martaban. 19)

(p. 830) mañjari a young shoot or twig with new leaves (আম্রমঞ্জরি); a shoot; a sprout; a spike (পুষ্পমঞ্জরি); an ear (শস্যমঞ্জরি); a flower-spike (বকুলমঞ্জরি). ̃দন্ড n. (bot.) a rachis. ̃পত্র n. (bot.) a bract. 11)

(p. 882) mōtāẏēna stationed, posted; posted on guard; ready at hand for action. মোতায়েন করা বা রাখা v. to station, to post; to post on guard; to keep ready at hand (or in readiness) for action. 24)

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

(p. 852) māḍ় (liquefied) starch extracted from rice etc. by boiling or used in the laundry as a stiffener. মাড় দেওয়া v. to starch. 43)

(p. 852) māndya lack of natural urge, dearth, loss, decrease, dullness (ক্ষুধামান্দ্য); impairment (অগ্নিমান্দ্য); slowness; sloth; inertia. 131)

(p. 829) macakānō to sprain or be sprained; to twist. মচকানি n. sprain; twist. ভাঙে তবু মচকায় না would rather break than bend. 5)

(p. 878) mṛttikā earth; clay, mud; soil; the ground; the earth; the world. বাহিত মৃত্তিকা (geog.) transported soil. ̃গঠিত ̃নির্মিত same as মৃন্ময় । ̃গর্ভ n. the bowels or inside of the earth; an underground place, the underground. ̃পাত্র, ̃ভাণ্ড same as মৃত্পাত্র (see মৃত্). ̃ভোজন n. geophagy. ̃ভোজী a. geophagous. 5)

(p. 865) michila a procession. 4)

(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. 852) māṭāma a try-square, a trying-square. ̃সই a. placed or set at right angle, perpendicular. 37)

(p. 852) mājhi a helmsman, a steersman; a boatswain; a boatman; (amongst Santal people) a headman or a husband. ̃গিরি n. the profession of a helmsman or steersman or boatswain or boatman. ̃মাল্লা n. a helmsman and his subordinate boatmen; boatmen; a boatswain and his subordinate sailors. ̃য়ান n. fem. (amongst Santal people) the wife of a headman or a wife. 32)

(p. 839) mandānila a breeze; a mild and sweet wind. 30)

(p. 876) mūlākarṣaṇa a pull by the root. মূলাকর্ষণ করা v. to pull by the root. 16)

(p. 872) muddati continuing or enforced for a fixed period; periodical; temporary.