(p. 852) māṭhākaruna mother, madam (used in politely addressing a lady). 42)

(p. 831) madōddhata highly conceited or arrogant or haughty, stuck-up, puffed up. 41)

(p. 851) māṃsa flesh; meat. গোমাংস n. beef. ছাগমাংস n. goat's meat. পাখির মাংস n. fowl. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal. মুরগির মাংস n. fowl, (loos.) chicken. মেষমাংস n. mutton. শুয়োরের মাংস n. pork. হরিণের মাংস n. venison. মাংসের দোকান a meat-shop, a butcher's shop, a shamble, a butchery. মাংসের বাজার a meat-market; a fleshmarket. ̃তুল্য a. flesh-like; meaty. ̃পেশি n. muscle. ̃বিক্রেতা n. a meatseller, a butcher. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of flesh; accumulation of fat; adiposity. ̃ল a. fleshy, plump, fatty, adipose. মাংসাশী a. meat-eating; carnivorous. 25)

(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. 885) mauli a crown, diadem; the head or forehead; hair done in a bun on the crown of the head. 19)

(p. 852) māḍ়ā to pound (ওষুধ মাড়া); to thresh (as corn); to tread or trample. মাড়াই n. threshing. মাড়ানো v. to tread or trample. 44)

(p. 874) muraja an instrument of percussion resembling a tom tom. 23)

(p. 852) māgā to beg; to ask for; to solicit; to pray for. 11)

(p. 874) munaśi a clerk, a scrivener, a scribe; a secretary; an Urdu teacher; a munshi. ̃য়ানা n. erudition; skill in drafting or composition; calligraphy; skill; virtuosity. খানমুনশি n. a private secretary. 7)

(p. 829) majaliśa a sitting, a meeting, a gathering; a party (চায়ের মজলিশ); an association, a society, a club. মজলিশি a. of or fit for a party or assembly; capable of brightening up a gathering or party with pleasant talk or bearing. 7)

(p. 828) maghā the tenth of the twenty-seven stars according to the Hindu astronomy.

(p. 839) manmatha (myth.) the Hindu god of love (cp. Cupid, Eros). ̃শরাহত a. wounded with the shafts of love; love-sick. 38)

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

(p. 866) mitācāra temperance, abstemiousness. মিতাচারী a. temperate, abstemious. fem. মিতাচারিণী । মিতাচারিতা n. same as মিতাচার । 2)

(p. 839) mandākinī (myth.) the name of the Ganges as flowing in heaven. 27)