(p. 843) marica black pepper, pepper; (dial.) capsicum, chillies. 9)

(p. 882) mau honey.

(p. 838) manōbala strength of mind; moral courage; self-confidence. 18)

(p. 864) māsakābāra close of a calendar month; (comm.) month-closing accounts. মাসকাবারি a. required at the close of a month; sufficient for a month; monthly. 15)

(p. 852) mādaka intoxicating, inebriant (মাদক দ্রব্য). n. an intoxicant, an inebriant, a drug. মাদক গ্রহন বা সেবন করা v. to take drug esp. narcotics habitually, to drug; to drug oneself. ̃তা n. intoxicating property or power. ̃বর্জন n. abstention from drug-taking; prohibition. মাদকবর্জন করা v. to abstain from drug-taking. ̃সেবন n. drug-addiction. ̃সেবী a. addicted to drugs esp. narcotics. n. a drug-addict, a drug-fiend. 73)

(p. 847) maharata ceremonial beginning or renewal; opening ceremony. 15)

(p. 843) marṭagēja a mortgage. ̃দেওয়া v. to mortgage; to hypothecate. ̃গ্রাহী n. a mortgagee. ̃দাতা n. a mortgager. 18)

(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. 852) māna2 honour, respect; cordial reception; fame; dignity; pride; (dero.) vanity. মান দেওয়া v. to treat with honour or deference. মান রাখা v. to do honour to, to respect, to heed; to do the honours (to); to save one's face. 93)

(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. 843) marāmāsa dandruff, scurf. 6)

(p. 864) māṣa1, māṣakalāi a kind of dal or pulse. 12)

(p. 851) mā2 mother; (coll.) mom, mamma, mama, ma; (of beasts) dam. মায়ের জাত womenfolk, womanhood, womankind. মায়ের দয়া (fig.) small pox or chicken pox. 14)

(p. 885) maulabi (Mus.) a Mohammedan scholar or teacher. 17)

(p. 874) mudraka a printer. 2)