(p. 839) maẏūra the peacock. ̃কন্ঠী a. peacockblue. n. a peacock-blue sari or shawl. ̃চূড়া, ̃শিখা n. peacock's crest. ̃পঙ্খি n. a boat shaped like a peacock. ̃পাখা n. a hand-fan made of the feathers of a peacock's tail. ̃পুচ্ছ n. the peacock's tail or feather. ̃শাবক n. a pea-chick. ময়ূরী n. fem. the pea-hen. 53)

(p. 830) maṭaki a large earthen barrel or cask. 22)

(p. 846) mastaka (high. & for.) the head; the cranium, the skull, the brain; the top, the summit, the crest (হিমালয়ের মস্তক); the topmost or foremost position (মন্ত্রিসভার মস্তকে ছিলেন জওহরলাল). মস্তক ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead; to truncate. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen from or slipped off the head or top. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a head, cephalous; headed (বহুমস্তকবিশিষ্ট = hydraheaded). ̃ব্যবচ্ছেদ n. cephalotomy. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. cephalic. ̃হীন, ̃শূন্য a. headless; acephalous; truncated. ̃শূল n. headache, migraine. মস্তকাবরণ n. a covering for the head; a head-dress; a turban; a helmet; a cap; a veil. মস্তকাভরণ n. an ornament for the head. মস্তকোপরি adv. on or over the head. মস্তকোর্ধ্বে adv. over the head, overhead.

(p. 852) mānānō2 to befit, to become; to suit; to fit. 122)

(p. 863) mālābadala exchange of garlands or necklaces (as done by the couple at a wedding); marriage; marriage of Vaishnavas (which demands no other ceremony than the exchange of basilnecklaces by the couple). মালাবদল করা v. to exchange garlands or necklaces; to marry; to marry in the Vaishnava way. 22)

(p. 872) muci2 a worker in animal skin, a shoemaker, a cobbler, a cordwainer, a tanner. 24)

(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. 879) mēkadāra measure. 5)

(p. 862) mārātmaka deadly; fatal; terrific; unappeasable, incapable of being assuaged (মারাত্মক শোক). 4)

(p. 874) muhuri2 a clerk or scrivener. ̃গিরি n. clerkship. 48)

(p. 867) miẏānō to lose crispness (মুড়ি মিয়ানো); to lose energy or vigour, to become limp or flaccid (সে মিইয়ে পড়েছে, উত্সাহ মিয়ানো). a. bereft of crispness; bereft of energy or vigour, limp. flaccid. 2)

(p. 864) māluma feeling, perception, sensation. মালুম করা বা পাওয়া v. to feel, to perceive, to sense. মালুম হওয়া v. to be felt or perceived or sensed. 6)

(p. 838) manōbhaṅga disappointment; despondency; dejection; discouragement. 23)

(p. 872) mucaḍ়ānō to contort; to wring, to twist, to wriggle; to wrench. 21)

(p. 852) mātā1 mother. ̃পিতা n. pl. parents. ̃পিতৃহীন a. parentless, orphan. fem. ̃পিতৃহীনা । ̃মহ n. the father or an uncle of one's mother, a maternal grandfather. fem. ̃মহী the mother or an aunt of one's mother, a maternal grandmother. 57)