(p. 847) -mahalā2 rehearsal (of a dramatic performance); practice (নাচের মহলা); demonstration (বিদ্যাবুদ্ধির মহলা). মহলা দেওয়া v. to rehearse; to practise; to give a demonstration of. 21)

(p. 886) myājisaṭrēṭa, myājisṭrēṭa a magistrate. 7)

(p. 862) mārkā a mark, a sign, a brand. মার্কা দেওয়া v. to put a mark on, to mark; to brand. ̃মারা a. marked; branded (মার্কামারা চোর); notorious. 11)

(p. 864) māsabṛddhi an intercalary month. 18)

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

(p. 851) māika, māikrōphōna a microphone, a mike. 16)

(p. 886) mlēccha a non-Aryan tribe of ancient India; a member of this tribe; a Greek settler of India; (loos. but pop.) a non-Hindu; the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). a. nonHindu or anti-Hindu; wicked, sinful, given to unscriptural practices. ̃দেশ n. the part of India inhabited by the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ম্লেচ্ছাচার n. the customs and practices of Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ); non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil customs and practices. ম্লেচ্ছাচারী a. adopting the customs and practices of Mlechchhas; given to non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil practices.

(p. 851) māōbāda the doctrine or theory of Mao ze-dong, Maoism. 24)

(p. 839) manōlōbhā alluring; fascinating; very beautiful. 10)

(p. 852) mādala a kind of tom-tom played on by the Santal (সাঁওতাল) people. 74)

(p. 852) māna4, mānakacu the arum. 95)

(p. 867) mīna fish; (astrol.) the Fishes, the Pisces (usu. মীনরাশি); (myth.) the first of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃কেতন, ̃ধ্বজ n. one whose standard bears the sign of a fish; Madan (মদন) the Hindu love-god. ̃পোষ n. pisciculture. মীনাক্ষ a. having piscine eyes. মীনাক্ষী a. fem. of মীনাক্ষ a female deity of Deccan. 31)

(p. 872) mukhōmukhi & prep. face to face with; facing one another; vis-a-vis (শত্রুর মুখোমুখি). a. facing one another; face to face, confronting each other. মুখোমুখি হওয়া v. to come face to face with, to confront, to face, to fly in face of. মুখোমুখি লড়াই a battle royal. 12)

(p. 866) miniṭa the sixtieth part of an hour or of a degree, a minute; a moment. মিনিটে মিনিটে adv. every minute, every moment; repeatedly; at short intervals. 19)

(p. 839) marada a man, a male; a male animal; a manly man; a heroic man; a young man; (vul.) a husband. মরদকা বাত হাতিকা দাঁত a heroic man's irrevocable pledge or word is unfailingly dependable as ivory which never slumps or falls in price. 59)