(p. 852) māgadha of or relating to Magadha, Magadhan. মাগধী n. Magadhi, the Prakritic language which is considered the source of Hindi and Bengali. অর্ধমাগধী n. a kind of Magadhi (মাগধী) corrupted with mixture of several Prakritic dialects. 8)

(p. 846) maśāri a mosquito curtain, a mosquito net. মশারি খাটানো v. to rig up a mosquito curtain. 7)

(p. 830) maṭara2 pea. ̃কলাই (dial.) ̃কড়াই n. pea. ̃ডাল n. husked (ripened) peaseeds used as dal. ̃দানা n. a grain or seed of pea. a necklace or a girdle studded with small balls resembling seeds of pea. ̃মালা n. a necklace studded with small balls resembling peaseeds. ̃শাক n. pea-plant eaten as spinach. ̃শুটি n. a pea-pod, a peascod, a pease-cod, a pea-cod.

(p. 831) madira intoxicating; besotting; infatuating. ̃তা n. intoxication; drunkenness; infatuation. মদিরা n. rich. wine (cp. Madeira). মদিরাক্ষী, মদিরেক্ষণা n. fem. a woman with eyes pleasantly dilated with or as with drunkeness; a woman having beautiful eyes. মদিরাগৃহ n. an ale-house, a grog-shop. 38)

(p. 866) minamina denoting: act of mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faintness; weakness; timidity. মিনমিনে a. mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faint; weak; faint-hearted. 13)

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

(p. 847) mahiṣāsura (myth.) Mahisa (মহিষ) the demon. ̃মর্দিনী same as মহিষমর্দিনী । 32)

(p. 847) mahīlatā an earthworm. 41)

(p. 865) miṭhēkaḍ়ā (of tobacco) moderately strong; (of words) suave yet cutting to the quick. 16)

(p. 838) manu (myth.) any one of the fourteen sons of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); the fourteenth Manu (মনু). regarded as the father and first law-giver of mankind. 5)

(p. 885) maumāchi the bee. ̃পালন n. bee-keeping, apiculture. 10)

(p. 838) manōbhāba one's secret thoughts and feelings, one's mind; mental state; attitude; predisposition. 24)

(p. 831) matta intoxicated, sottish, drunk; drunken; maddened, frenzied; mad; must; musty (মত্ত হস্তী = a must elephant, an elephant in a state of frenzy or run amok); maddened by rage or excitement; greatly proud of (ধনমত্ত); beside oneself with (আনন্দে মত্ত); absorbedly engaged in (গানে মত্ত); addicted to or indulging in (বিলাসে মত্ত). fem. মত্তা । ̃তা n. intoxicated state, intoxication; sottishness, drunkenness; frenzy; madness; must; highly enraged or excited state; great elation; the state of being beside oneself; absorbing preoccupation; addiction. 29)

(p. 885) maujā a village; a group or block of villages regarded as an administrative unit (cp. a county). 6)

(p. 852) mājā2 to scour or scrub; to cleanse (as teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc.; to polish (as gold ornaments). a. scoured or scurbbed; cleansed by rubbing, brushing etc.; polished; employed or used in scouring or scrubbing. n. same as মাজন । বাসন-মাজা চাকর a scullion. বাসন-মাজা ঝি a scullerymaid. ̃ঘষা n. meticulous scouring scrubbing or polishing; meticulous cleansing and dressing (রূপের মাজাঘষা); meticulous training and practice (গায়কদের মাজাঘষা); meticulous correction and modification, careful chiselling (লেখার বা ছবির মাজাঘষা). মাজানো v. to cause to scour or scrub or cleanse or polish. 26)