(p. 846) masalanda a very finely-woven mat. 11)

(p. 852) mānapatra an address of honour, a written felicitation. 104)

(p. 879) mēchuẏā a fishmonger or a fisherman. a. relating to fish (মেছুয়া গন্ধ); where fish is sold or auctioned or caught; piscivorous, fish-eating (মেছুয়া কুমির). ̃ঘেরি n. a place for catching fish, a fishery. ̃বাজার n. a fish-market. ̃হাটা n. a retail market for selling consignments of fish by auction; (fig.) a noisy place. 11)

(p. 831) manḍala a circular or spherical area; a sphere, a circle, a ring, an orb, a globe (ভূমন্ডল, দিঙ্মন্ডল); an area; a region (নক্ষত্রমন্ডল); an empire, a vast territory or kingdom; a country; a district, a village, a locality, a zone (বজ্রমন্ডল); a community (প্রজামন্ডল); an assemblage, a congregation (মন্ত্রিমন্ডল, ভক্তমন্ডল); (geom.) a group; a village headman; a headman, a leader. ̃পট্ট n. (phys.) a zone plate. মন্ডল পরিদর্শক n. a circle inspector. মন্ডলাকার a. circular, spherical, round, globular. মন্ডলী n. a collection, a multitude; a community; an assemblage; a congregation; a circle (মন্ডলী করে বসা). মন্ডলীকৃত a. formed into a circle or coil. মন্ডলেশ্বর n. a paramount ruler (esp. of a vast territory); an emperor. 15)

(p. 852) māṭakalāi groundnut, monkey-nut, earth-nut. 34)

(p. 885) mauja pleasant stupor caused by drugging. besottedness (আফিমের মৌজ); comfort, ease; pleasure, relish. মৌজ করা v. to drug oneself to enjoy a pleasant stupor; to sit or lie comfortably or at ease; to relax খাওয়ার পর মৌজ করা; to do something with relish (মৌজ করে খাওয়া). মৌজ করে বসা v. to sit easy or cosily or comfortably, (cp.) to be at home. 5)

(p. 846) maśāna a crematorium (esp. a vast one); an official place for infliction of capital punishment. 6)

(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. 864) māsika monthly. n. monthly obsequies; a monthly journal, a monthly; the menses, monthlies, periods. 25)

(p. 867) mila2 union; combination; addition; concord, harmony, agreement (মতের মিল); unsion (সুরের মিল); balancing (হিসাবের মিল); similarity, likeness (চেহারার মিল); friendly terms; good terms; reconciliation, reconcilement (বিরোধীদের মিল); fitting (জোরের মুখে মিল); (pros.) rhyme (কবিতার মিল). মিল করা v. to unite; to combine; to add (up); to harmonize; to balance; to reconcile; to fit; (pros.) to put into rhyme. to rhyme. মিল দেওয়া v. to add; (pros.) to find out a rhyme for to rhyme. মিল হওয়া v. to be in harmony, to agree; to be reconciled; to be balanced. to tally; to be fitting, to fit; (pros.) to be in rhyme, to rhyme. ̃মিলাও, ̃মিশ n. good terms, friendly terms; amicability. ̃যুক্ত a. rhyming; rhymed; ̃হীন a. unrhymed, without rhyme. 8)

(p. 865) mitākṣarā an ancient Hindu treatise on the law and rules of inheritance.

(p. 831) manḍita ornamented; embellished; decorated (with). fem. মন্ডিতা । মন্ডিত করা v. to ornament; to embellish; to decorate; to dress; to overlay or stud (with). 16)

(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)

(p. 876) mūla a root; an esculent root, a bulbous plant, a bulb; beginning; origin; a cause or source of origin; (of money) capital or principal (সুদেমূলে); foundation, base, basis (অমূলক); the basal or embedded part of anything, the foot (বৃক্ষমূল); (math.) a factor of a quantity, root. a. first, original; fundamental; basic; primary; principal; chief, main; real; (of invested money etc.) capital or principal. অবরোহ মূল (bot.) a hanging root. অস্হানিক মূল (bot.) an adventitious root. প্রধান মূল, মুখ্য মূল (bot.) a tap root. মূল উপাদান an essential element. মূল একক a fundamental unit. -মূলক sfx. caused by, originating from (ভ্রান্তিমূলক বিশ্বাস); (inc.) causing or exhibiting (দুঃখমূলক ব্যাপার). ̃কর্ম n. the original or principal work. ̃কারণ n. the first or primary or original cause; the rootcause; the real cause. ̃কেন্দ্র n. the principal centre; headquarters; (comm.) the head office; (geom.) the radical centre. ̃গত a. basic, fundamental; radical. মূল গায়েন the leading singer of a chorus. ̃গ্রন্হ n. the original text or manuscript, (cp.) the source-book. ̃চ্ছেদ, ̃চ্ছেদন same as মূলোচ্ছেদ । ̃জ a. originating from the root, radical. মূলজ প্রেষ n. (bot.) the root-pressure. ̃জীবী n. (bot.) a root-parasite. ̃ত same as মূলে । ̃তত্ত্ব n. the first or primary principle; the basic or fundamental truth. ̃ত্র n. (bot.) a root-cap. ̃দ a. (alg.) rational. n. (alg.) a rational quantity, a rational. ̃ধন n. capital or principal (invested). ̃ধর্ম n. the fundamental properties. ̃নীতি n. the fundamental or basic or primary principle. ̃প্রকৃতি n. the original or elemental nature; (theol.) same as আদ্যাশক্তি । ̃ভিত্তি n. the foundation, the groundwork; inauguration; the primary or principal ground or basis. ̃মন্ত্র n. an esoteric word or words uttered inwardly at prayer; the guiding principle; firm resolve (জীবনের মূলমন্ত্র). ̃রশ্মি n. (phys.) a direct ray. ̃রোম n. (bot.) a root-hair. ̃শিকড় (chiefly bot.) the main root. ̃সূত্র n. the fundamental rule or principle. মূলে adv. at the root or base; in the beginning, originally; primarily; basically, fundamentally; at all. মূলে ভুল করা to get hold of the wrong end of the stick. 14)

(p. 843) mardā male. n. a male creature. মর্দানা n. a man (esp. a grown-up one); a. male; manly. মর্দানি1 n. (dero.) manliness or masculinity. মর্দানি2 n. fem. a tomboy, a hoyden. a. tomboyish, hoydenish (মর্দানি মেয়ে). মর্দানি করা v. to make an exhibition of manly vigour; to bravado; (of women) to behave in a masculine or mannish manner, to romp vigorously.