মাকাল [ mākāla ] n a lovely-looking fruit with of fensive-smelling inedible pulp, (cp.) the colocynth; (fig.) a very handsome but worthless person.

মাকু [ māku ] n a shuttle (of weavers).

মাকুন্দ [ mākunda ] a. & n one who, though of age, has not yet grown one's beard.

মাক্ষিক [ mākṣika ] a relating to bees or flies. ☐ n. honey; pyrites (স্বর্ণমাক্ষিক).

মাখা [ mākhā ] v to smear, to dab, to daub, to coat -(রং মাখা); to knead (ময়দা মাখা); to mix with spices etc. in order to make some thing ready for cooking, to lard মাংস মাখা; to mix with curry etc. to make something ready for eating, (cp.) to sauce (ভাত মাখা). মাখানো v. to cause to smear or dab or coat or knead or lard. ̃মাখি n. mutual or repeated smearing রং মাখামাখি; frequent social communica tion, intimacy, act of mixing freely with, close association (পুলিশের সঙ্গে মাখামাখি). মাখামাখি করা v. to smear mutu ally or repeatedly, to indulge in frequent social communication with, to form an intimacy with, to mix freely with.

মাগ [ māga ] n (sl.) a wife.

মাগধ [ māgadha ] a 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.

মাগন [ māgana ] n begging or praying.

মাগনা [ māganā ] a obtained by begging. ☐ a. & adv. cost-free, free, gratis (মাগনা জিনিস, মাগনা খাটা).

মাগা [ māgā ] v to beg; to ask for; to solicit; to pray for.

মাগি [ māgi ] n (sl.) a woman; (sl.) a prostitute. ̃বাড়ি n. (sl.) a brothel. ̃মিনসে n. pl. (sl.) wife and husband; man and wife, a couple.

মাগুর [ māgura ] n a species of fresh-water barbel, (cp.) the catfish.

মাগ্গি [ māggi ] a exorbitantly high in price, dear. ̃গণ্ডা n. dearness and scarcity. ̃গণ্ডার দিন বা বাজার days of high price and scarcity. ̃ভাতা n. dearness allowance.

মা-গোঁসাই [ mā-gōm̐sāi ] n the wife of a religious pre ceptor, a religious preceptress; (facet) a very harmless, innocent and ineffec tive person.

মাঘ [ māgha ] n the tenth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of January to the middle of February). মাঘী a. of the month of Magha (মাঘ). ☐ n. the fullmoon day in the month of Magha (also মাঘী পূর্ণিমা). মাঘোত্সব n. a religious festival observed by the Brahmo Samaj in the month of Magha (মাঘ).

মাঙ্গলিক, মাঙ্গল্য [ māṅgalika, māṅgalya ] n scripturally auspicious things such as mango-twigs, sandal etc.. well-being, weal, welfare. ☐ a. suspicious, propitious. মাঙ্গলিক দ্রব্য same as মাঙ্গলিক (n).

মাচা, মাচান [ mācā, mācāna ] n a platform, a dais; a shelf; a scaffold; a stage; a shooting-platform usu. up a tree, a machan.

মাছ [ mācha ] n fish. মাছ ধরা v. to catch fish, to fish. নদীর মাছ a river fish, a fresh-wa ter fish. নোনা মাছ salted fish. নোনা জলের মাছ a salt-water fish. পুকুরের মাছ a fish reared in a pond. শুঁটকি মাছ dried fish. সমুদ্রের মাছ a marine fish. মাছের কাঁটা a fish-bone. মাছের ঘেরি fishery. মাছের চাষ pisciculture. মাছের ঝুড়ি a fish-creel. মাছের ডিম spawn (of fish). মাছের পুকুর a fish-pond, a fish-stew, a stew-pond, a piscina. মাছের বাজার a fish-market. মাছের ভেড়ি a fishy dam, a fishery. ̃ওয়ালা n. fishmonger; (loos.) a fisherman. fem. ̃ওয়ালি n. a fishwife, a fish-woman; (loos.) a fisherwoman. মাছধরা জাহাজ a trawler. মাছধরা জাল a fishing net. মাছধরা নৌকা a fishing boat; a trawler. ̃ভাজা n. fried fish, fishfry.

মাছরাঙা [ mācharāṅā ] n the kingfisher.

মাছি [ māchi ] n the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or tran scribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a fly bane.

মাছুয়া [ māchuẏā ] a of fish, piscine (মাছুয়া গল্ধ); fish ing, piscatorial, piscatory (মাছুয়া জাতি); fish-selling (মাছুয়া বাজার). ☐ n. a fish monger or fisherman, a fisher. coll. form মেছো fem. n. মাছুয়ানি a fish-wife, a fish-woman, a fisher-woman.

মাজ [ māja ] n (bot.) pith within a stem.

মাজন [ mājana ] n scouring or scrubbing; act of cleansing (as teeth) by rubbing, brush ing etc; a cleansing substance. দাঁতের মাজন a dentifrice, a toothpowder, a toothpaste.

মাজা¹ [ mājā¹ ] n the waist, the loins.

মাজা² [ mājā² ] v to scour or scrub; to cleanse (as teeth) by rubbing, brushing etc.; to pol ish (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 scul lion. 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.

মাজুফল [ mājuphala ] n the gall-nut. মাজুফলের রস gal lic acid.

মাঝ [ mājha ] n the middle, the centre; the inside or interior; the midst or company (পুরুষের মাঝে); the bottom of one's heart (আমার মাঝে) ☐ a. middle, half (মাঝপথ). মাঝ থেকে from the middle or centre or inside or interior or midst; from the bottom of one's heart; being innocently or unnecessarily involved (তোমরা করলে চুরি আর মাঝ থেকে সে খেল মার). ̃খান same as মাঝ (n.) ̃খানে same as মাঝে । ̃দরিয়া n. mid-stream; mid-ocean, mid-sea. ̃নদী n. mid-river, mid-stream. ̃নদীতে adv. half way into the river. মাঝে adv. meanwhile, in the meantime. মাঝেমধ্যে, মাঝেমাঝে adv. off and on, from time to time, at times.

মাঝামাঝি [ mājhāmājhi ] a almost middle or central; middling, moderate (মাঝামাঝি অবস্হা). ☐ adv. almost in or to the middle or cen tre; almost halfway; almost half (মাঝামাঝি করা).

মাঝার [ mājhāra ] n (poet.) same as মাঝ ।

মাঝারি [ mājhāri ] a middling, moderate, of medium grade, quality, size etc.

মাঝি [ mājhi ] n a helmsman, a steersman; a boatswain; a boatman; (amongst Santal people) a headman or a husband. ̃গিরি n. the profession of a helmsman or steersman or boatswain or boatman. ̃মাল্লা n. a helmsman and his subordi nate boatmen; boatmen; a boatswain and his subordinate sailors. ̃য়ান n. fem. (amongst Santal people) the wife of a headman or a wife.

মাঞ্জা [ māñjā ] n a glue made of powdered glass etc. for coating the string by which a kite is flown.

মাটকলাই [ māṭakalāi ] n groundnut, monkey-nut, earth-nut.

মাটকোঠা [ māṭakōṭhā ] n a mud-built house consisting of two or more stories.

মাটাপালাম [ māṭāpālāma ] n a coarse borderless white fabric or loincloth.

মাটাম [ māṭāma ] n a try-square, a trying-square. ̃সই a. placed or set at right angle, per pendicular.

মাটি [ māṭi ] n earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be ut terly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man per fectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil.

মাটো [ māṭō ] a lacklustre, dull (মাটো রং); unin teresting (মাটো খেলা); not thorough or compact (মাটো কাজ).

মাঠ [ māṭha ] n a field, a maidan; a tract of agri cultural land, land; a grazing ground, a pasture; an extensive open space (মাঠে মাঠে ঘোরা); a playing-field, a play ground, a ground. মাঠে মারা যাওয়া (fig.) to be utterly lost or wasted. ̃ঘাট n. ev ery place.

মাঠা [ māṭhā ] n cream (of milk); butter; whey, buttermilk. মাঠা তোলা v. to skim the butter. মাঠা-তোলা দুধ skim-milk, skimmed milk.

মাঠাকরুন [ māṭhākaruna ] n mother, madam (used in po litely addressing a lady).

মাড় [ māḍ় ] n (liquefied) starch extracted from rice etc. by boiling or used in the laun dry as a stiffener. মাড় দেওয়া v. to starch.

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

মাঢ়ী [ māḍh়ī ] n (anat.) the gum. মাঢ়ীর দাঁত a cheek-tooth, a molar tooth.

মাণবক [ māṇabaka ] n a (male) child; a manikin, a dwarf.

মাণিক্য [ māṇikya ] a ruby; (loos.) a gem.

মাত¹ [ māta¹ ] a thoroughly maddened or over whelmed (নেশায় মাত) or charmed or captivated (গানে মাত, আসর মাত) or re plete or pervaded (গন্ধে মাত). মাত করা. v. to madden or overwhelm or charm or captivate or replete or pervade thor oughly.

মাত² [ māta² ] n (in chess) checkmating; act of defeating thoroughly (প্রতিপক্ষকে মাত করা); act of winning outright (বাজি মাত করা). ☐ a. checkmated; completely de feated. মাত করা v. to checkmate; to de feat thoroughly; to win outright.

মাতগুড় [ mātaguḍ় ] n drossy molasses, treacle.

মাতঙ্গ [ mātaṅga ] n the elephant. fem. মাতঙ্গী (loos.) মাতঙ্গিনী the female elephant; (myth.) one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).

মাতন [ mātana ] n maddened state; act of running amuck; frenzy; madness; (of elephants etc.) must; state of being beside one self; absorption; feverish enthusiasm; excitement; revelry; a revel-rout; fer mentation.

মাতব্বর [ mātabbara ] n a leader, a headman; a distin guished or influential man, a man of position. ☐ a. leading, distinguished, influential. মাতব্বরি n. (dero.) bossing; posing as a distinguished or influential or important man.

মাতলামি, মাতলামো [ mātalāmi, mātalāmō ] n drunken revel or revelry, riotous drunkenness.

মাত্সর্য [ mātsarya ] n envy, malice, spite; grudge, malevolence.

মাত্স্য [ mātsya ] a piscine. ☐ n. one of the Puranas. ̃ন্যায় n. the principle that larger fishes will devour or gobble up the smaller ones; (pol.) a lawless or chaotic state in which the strong oppresses the weak.

মাতা¹ [ mātā¹ ] n mother. ̃পিতা n. pl. parents. ̃পিতৃহীন a. parentless, orphan. fem. ̃পিতৃহীনা । ̃মহ n. the father or an uncle of one's mother, a maternal grandfa ther. fem. ̃মহী the mother or an aunt of one's mother, a maternal grandmother.

মাতা² [ mātā² ] v to go mad; (of elephants etc.) to be seized with must, to be in must; to run amuck; to be frenzied or mad dened; to be beside onelself, to be overwhelmed with; to be absorbed (in); to become feverishly enthusiastic; to be greatly excited; to indulge in a revel-rout; to rise and swell by the ac tion of fermentation, to ferment.

মাতানো [ mātānō ] v to send one mad; (of elephants etc.) to cause to be in must; to send one amuck; to madden; to overwhelm; to cause to be absorbed (in); to excite greatly; to cause to indulge in a revel rout; to delight greatly; to ferment. ☐ a. maddening, highly delightful (মনমাতানো গন্ধ).

মাতামাতি [ mātāmāti ] n drunken revelry; great excite ment; feverish activities or enthusiasm; revelry; romping naughtiness.

মাতাল [ mātāla ] a intoxicated with wine, drunk, drunken; sozzled; addicted to drinking wine esp. to excess; infatuated, beside oneself; saturated. ☐ n. a drunk person; a boozer, a drunkard.

মাতুঃষ্বসা, মাতুঃস্বসা [ mātuḥṣbasā, mātuḥsbasā ] n a mother's sister or cousin-sister, a maternal aunt.

মাতুল [ mātula ] n a mother's brother or cousin brother, a maternal uncle. fem. মাতুলানী, মাতুলী the wife of a maternal uncle. মাতুলালয় n. the home or residence of a maternal uncle.

মাতৃ [ mātṛ ] n (in comp.) mother. ̃ক a. mater nal; motherly; treated or fostered as by one's mother, mothered (নদীমাতৃক দেশ). ̃কল্প same as ̃তুল্য । ̃কা n. any one of a group of sixteen female deities; mother; one's mother's mother; a nurse; any one of the alphabetical let ters; a matron. ̃কুল n. the mother's line, the distaff side. ̃গণ n. the eight divine female powers. ̃ঘাতক, ̃ঘাতী a. guilty of or relating to matricide, ma tricidal. ̃তুল্য, ̃তুল্যা a. deserving to be treated as one's mother; behaving as one's mother; motherly. ̃দায় n. the re sponsibility of performing the obse quies of one's deceased mother; (loos.) one's mother's death. ̃দায়গ্রস্হ a. charged with the onus of performing the obsequies of one's deceased mother; (loos.) in mourning for one's lately deceased mother. ̃দুগ্ধ n. mother's milk. ̃পক্ষ same as ̃কুল । ̃পূজা n. act of serving or adoring one's mother. ̃বত্ adv. (also a.) like one's mother. মাতৃবত্ পরদারেষু one should look upon another's wife as one's mother. ̃বিয়োগ n. mother's death. ̃ভক্ত a. de voted or deeply attached to one's mother. ̃ভক্তি n. devotion to one's mother. ̃ভাষা n. mother-tongue; ver nacular. ̃ভূমি n. motherland, native land, mother-country. ̃রিষ্টি n. an in auspicious conjunction of planets in one's horoscope foreboding danger to one's mother's life. ̃শাসন n. matriar chy. ̃শাসিত a. matriarchal. ̃শ্রাদ্ধ n. the obsequies of one's deceased mother. ̃ষ্বসা same as মাতুঃষ্বসা । ̃ষ্বস্রীয়, ̃ষ্বস্রেয় n. a son of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister. ̃ষ্বস্রয়া, ̃ষ্বস্রেয়া a daughter of one's mother's sister or cousin-sister. ̃সম, ̃সমা same as ̃তুল্য । ̃সেবা same as ̃পূজা । ̃স্তন্য n. mother's milk. ̃স্তব, ̃স্তোত্র n. a hymn or incantation of the sublime female energy associated with the work of creation; a hymn or incantation of any female deity; a devotional hymn of fered to one's mother. ̃হত্যা n. matri cide. ̃হত্যাকারী same as ̃ঘাতক । fem. ̃হত্যাকারিণী । ̃হন্তা n. a matricide. fem. ̃হন্ত্রী । ̃হীন a. motherless. fem. ̃হীনা ।

মাত্রা [ mātrā ] n amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the mea sures long and short into which the let ters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimen sion; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differ entiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless.

মাত্রিক [ mātrika ] a (used as a sfx.) (gr. & pros.) measured as long or short (দীর্ঘমাত্রিক, লঘুমাত্রিক); (mus.) consisting of a par ticular number of units of musical measure (ত্রিমাত্রিক তাল).

মাথট [ māthaṭa ] n poll-tax; a capital levy.

মাথা [ māthā ] n the head; top, summit, crest (পাহাড়ের মাথা); tip (আঙুলের মাথা); end, extremity (পেনসিলের মাথা); a bend, a corner (চৌমাথা); prow (of a boat); brain, intellect (অন্কে বেশ মাথা); a head man, a chief, a leader (গাঁয়ের মাথা); an adviser, a counsellor (সব কূটবুদ্ধির মাথা তিনি). ☐ int. denoting: nothing (মাথা করবে). মাথা আঁচড়ানো v. to comb one's hair. মাথা উঁচু করা same as মাথা তোলা । মাথা উড়ানো v. to cut off one's head, to behead. মাথা কাটা যাওয়া v. (fig.) to be greatly ashamed; to be shamefully dis graced. মাথা কোটা v. to strike one's head (esp. repeatedly) against the floor or wall as a violent expression of huff, grief etc. মাথা খাও int. (used as an oath) you will eat my head if you will or will not do this, (cp.) for the love of me, beshrew me. মাথা খাওয়া v. (fig.) to ruin; to spoil; (fig.) to deprave. মাথা খারাপ করা v. (fig.) to chafe, to fret, to lose one's head. মাথা খেলা v. to have apti tude for (অন্কে মাথা খেলে). মাথা খেলানো v. (fig.) to strive to think out; to apply one's mind. মাথা খোঁড়া same as মাথা কোটা । মাথা গরম করা v. (fig.) to get an gry. মাথা গরম হওয়া v. (fig.) to get an gry; (fig.) to lose one's head; to have one's head turned; to feel giddy. মাথা গলানো v. to enter or pass or force one's head through; to interfere with, to poke one's nose into. মাথা গুঁড়ো করা v. to break one's skull; to dash one's brains out, to brain. মাথা গুনতি করা v. (fig.) to count the number of persons, to count the heads. মাথা গুলিয়ে দেওয়া v. (fig.) to nonplus, to bewilder, to confound. মাথা গুলিয়ে যাওয়া v. (fig.) to be nonplussed or confounded. মাথা গোঁজা v. (fig.) to take shelter somehow or with diffi culty. মাথা ঘষা v. (women's) washing the head with soap or shampoo. মাথা ঘামানো see ঘামানো । মাথা ঘোরা v. to feel dizzy or giddy; (fig.) to have one's head turned. মাথা ঘোরানো v. to make one feel dizzy or giddy; (fig.) to turn one's head. মাথা চাড়া দেওয়া v. (fig.) to flourish, to thrive; (fig.) to assert one self; (fig.) to rise in revolt. মাথা চালা v. to apply one's brain; (fig.) to cogitate. মাথা চুলকানো v. to scratch one's head as a mark of confusion or inability to think out something. মাথা ঠান্ডা করা v. (fig.) to cool down, to cool down one's anger or temper. মাথা ঠান্ডা রাখা v. (fig.) to keep one's head; to remain cool headed or calm; (fig.) to keep one's countenance. মাথা তোলা v. to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to flourish, to thrive; (fig.) to assert oneself; (fig.) to hold one's head; (fig.) to rise in revolt. মাথা দেওয়া v. (fig.) to sacrifice one's life; (fig.) to bother; (fig.) to pay atten tion to. মাথা ধরা v. to have a headache. মাথা নেওয়া v. (fig.) to behead. মাথা নোয়ানো v. (fig.) to yield (to), to ac knowledge the superiority or authority (of). মাথা পেতে নেওয়া v. (fig.) to accept tamely. মাথা বাঁধা দেওয়া, মাথা বিকানো v. (fig.) to enslave oneself (to), to sell one's soul (to); (fig.) to be over head and ears (দেনায় মাথা বিকানো). মাথা মাটি হওয়া v. (fig.) to impair or waste one's intelligence or intellect; (fig.) to be come dull-headed or stupid. মাথা হেঁট করা v. to hang down one's head in shame; (fig.) to yield (to), to acknowl edge the superiority or authority (of), to humiliate oneself. মাথা হেঁট হওয়া v. (fig.) to lose face, to be disgraced; (fig.) to be put to shame, to be put out of countenance. মাথায় ওঠা same as মাথায় চড়া । মাথায় করা v. (fig.) to honour very highly; (fig.) to fill with uproar. (চেঁচিয়ে বাড়ি মাথায় করা). মাথায় কাপড় দেওয়া v. to veil one's head with a por tion of one's loincloth (as done by ori ental women). মাথায় খুন চড়া (চাপা) v. to become extremely angry; to get furi ous, to fly into a towering rage. মাথায় ঘোল ঢালা (fig.) to humiliate (a person). মাথায় চড়া v. (path.) to go up in the brain (বায়ু মাথায় চড়া); (fig.) to take lib erties (with) or become audacious (be ing encouraged by indulgence). মাথায় ঢোকা v. to be comprehensible to, to be understood by; to be seized with a no tion or fancy; to be stricken with (মাথায় ভয় ঢোকা); to have a brain-wave (মাথায় নতুন আইডিয়া ঢোকা). মাথায় তোলা v. to give excessive indulgence; to give un due importance; to honour greatly (তাঁকে আমরা মাথায় তুলে রেখেছি). মাথায় রাখা v. (fig.) to treat with great adora tion or respect or cordiality or care; (fig.) to abide by or observe with great devotion or care. মাথার উপর কেউ না থাকা v. to have no guardian. মাথার ঘাম পায়ে ফেলা v. (fig.) to sweat and drudge. মাথার ঠাকুর (fig.) a very venerable or dear person. মাথার ঠিক না থাকা v. (fig.) to be nonplussed or confounded; (fig.) to lose one's head. মাথার তালু top of the head, the crown. মাথার দিব্যি a self-im precatory oath. মাথা নেই তার মাথা ব্যথা (fig.) much ado about nothing. ̃ওয়ালা a. brainy, intelligent. ̃-কামড়ানি n. same as মাথাব্যথা । ̃-খারাপ a. crack-brained; nutty; demented, crazy; luna tic. মাথা-খারাপ লোক a crack-brain; a nutty person; a lunatic. ̃গরম a. short-tempered. মাথা ধরা n. headache. ̃পাগলা same as ̃খারাপ । ̃পিছু, ̃প্রতি adv. per capita. ̃ব্যথা n. headache; (fig.) worry; (fig.) concern; (fig.) responsibility. ̃ভারী a. top-heavy. ̃মুন্ডু n. head or tail (মাথামুন্ডু বুঝতে না পারা = unable to make head or tail). ̃মোটা dull-headed.

মাথাল [ māthāla ] n a kind of improvised wicker umbrella; the top of a pillar, a capital.

মাথালো [ māthālō ] a brainy, intelligent.

মাথি [ māthi ] n the pith within the stem of the co count-tree, date-tree etc.

মাথুরা [ māthurā ] a of Mathura (মথুরা) in India. ☐ n. a cycle of songs ventilating the sorrow of the people of Brindaban caused by Krishna's (কৃষ্ণ) departure to Mathura; song of this cycle.

মাদক [ mādaka ] a 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. ad dicted to drugs esp. narcotics. ☐ n. a drug-addict, a drug-fiend.

মাদল [ mādala ] n a kind of tom-tom played on by the Santal (সাঁওতাল) people.

মাদার [ mādāra ] n the coral tree.

মাদি [ mādi ] a (esp. of inferior creatures) female, (cp.) she(মাদি কুকুর).

মাদুর [ mādura ] n a mat. ̃কাঠি n. dried stalk of a kind of grass used in weaving mats.

মাদুলি [ māduli ] n an amulet (usu. shaped like a tom-tom).

মাদৃশ [ mādṛśa ] a like me; like myself. fem. মাদৃশী ।

মাদ্রাজি [ mādrāji ] a of Madras (মাদ্রাজ). ☐ n. a native of Madras.

মাদ্রাসা [ mādrāsā ] n a madrasa, a madrasah.

মাধব [ mādhaba ] a relating to honey; honeyed. ☐ n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). মাধবী, মাধবিকা, মাধবীলতা n. an evergreen creeper, (cp.) the myrtle. মাধবীকুঞ্জ n. a myrtle-bower.

মাধুকরী [ mādhukarī ] n act of begging from door to door like the bee gathering honey from flower to flower.

মাধুরী, মাধুর্য [ mādhurī, mādhurya ] n sweetness; deliciousness; pleasantness; beauty; (rhet.) elegance of style.

মাধ্বী [ mādhbī ] a kind of wine produced from honey; honey. ̃ক n. same as মাধ্বী ।

মাধ্যন্দিন [ mādhyandina ] a of midday or noon. ̃রেখা n. (astr. & geog.) the meridian.

মাধ্যম [ mādhyama ] n a medium.

মাধ্যমিক [ mādhyamika ] a of the second stage or stan dard; middling; secondary. মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা secondary education.

মাধ্যাকর্ষণ [ mādhyākarṣaṇa ] n (sc.) gravitation or gravity. মাধ্যাকর্ষণ-সুত্র n. the law of gravitation.

মাধ্যাহ্নিক [ mādhyāhnika ] a of noon or midday; meridian. fem. মাধ্যাহ্নিকী । ̃ক্রিয়া n. midday rites.

মাধ্যিক [ mādhyika ] n (bot.) a median.

মান¹ [ māna¹ ] n a unit or instrument of measure or weight, a measure; measuring or weighing; a unit of Indian musical measure; (math.) value; (alg.) degree; a standard. ̃নির্ধারণ n. standardization.

মান² [ māna² ] n honour, respect; cordial recep tion; fame; dignity; pride; (dero.) van ity. 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.

মান³ [ māna³ ] n huff caused by undesirable behaviour of a beloved person; tiff, sulks, pique. মান করা v. to be in a huff, to huff, to sulk. মান ভরে adv. in a fit of pique or resentment. মান ভাঙানো v. to win over or placate a beloved who is in a huff.

মান⁴, মানকচু [ māna⁴, mānakacu ] n the arum.

মানকলি [ mānakali ] n a quarrel between husband and wife; a lover's quarrel.

মানচিত্র [ mānacitra ] n a map; a chart. মানচিত্র অভিক্ষেপ n. (geog.) stereographic projection. ̃কার, ̃কর n. a cartographer. ̃বিদ্যা n. cartography, chartography. মানচিত্রাঙ্কন n. map-drawing. মানচিত্রাবলি n. maps; a book of maps, an atlas.

মানত [ mānata ] n a promise to offer a particular sacrifice to a deity on fulfilment of a prayer, a vow.

মানদ [ mānada ] a bestowing or conferring honour upon; fetching honour to.

মানদণ্ড [ mānadaṇḍa ] n a measuring rod, a measure; a standard or unit of measurement.

মানদা [ mānadā ] fem of মানদ ।

মানন, মাননা [ mānana, mānanā ] n honouring or respecting; cordial reception; obeying; believing; acknowledgement, owing admission; heading; observance; act of calling on or appealing to or citing; act of promis ing to offer in sacrifice, vowing.

মাননীয় [ mānanīẏa ] a honourable; venerable; respect able. fem. মাননীয়া । মাননীয়েষু adv. to an honourable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter). fem. মাননীয়াসু ।.

মানপত্র [ mānapatra ] n an address of honour, a written felicitation.

মানব [ mānaba ] n mankind, man; a man; a human being, a person. ☐ a. relating to or drawn up by Manu (মনু) the law-giver (মানব-ধর্মশাস্ত্র). fem. n. মানবী woman kind; a woman. মানবক pop. spell. of মাণবক । ̃চরিত্র n. human nature or character. ̃জাতি n. mankind, human kind, the human race. ̃জীবন n. the hu man life, the life of man. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. humanity. মানবতাবাদ n. humanism. ̃ধর্ম n. the religion of man; humanity. ̃প্রকৃতি n. human nature. ̃লীলা n. ac tivities of a human being whilst exist ing upon the earth; existence as a hu man being. মানবলীলা সংবরণ করা v. to die, to breathe one's last. ̃সমাজ n. hu man world, mankind; the human soci ety. ̃হীন a. having no human dweller, depopulated, desolate. ̃হৃদয় n. man's heart, the human heart; humane feel ings. মানবিক a. human; humane. মানবিক বিদ্যা the humanities. মানবীয় a. human; humane. মানবোচিত a. befitting a human being, humane; (loos.) human.

মানবিন্দু [ mānabindu ] n (phys.) any of the fixed points (of a thermometer).

মনভঙ্গ, মানভঞ্জন [ manabhaṅga, mānabhañjana ] n allaying of one's huff. মানভঞ্জন করা v. to allay one's huff. মানভঞ্জন-পালা n. a group of songs writ ten about the soothing of Radha's (রাধা) huff by Krishna (কৃষ্ণ).

মানমন্দির [ mānamandira ] n an observatory.

মানময়ী [ mānamaẏī ] n fem. huffy; touchy.

মানমর্যাদা [ mānamaryādā ] n honour and dignity. মানমর্যাদা রক্ষা করা v. to keep up or maintain (one's) prestige.

মানস [ mānasa ] n the mind; desire, intention, pur pose. ☐ a. mental; inward; concealed in the mind; imaginary or fancied. মানস করা v. to desire, to intend, to purpose. ̃কন্যা n. a daughter born to one out of one's mind or fancy. ̃তা n. mentality. ̃নেত্র n. the mind's eye, the inward eye; imagination or fancy. ̃পট n. the can vas of the mind; imagination or fancy. ̃পুত্র n. a son born to one out of one's mind or fancy. ̃প্রতিমা n. an image conceived in the mind, a mental image. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. mental science. ̃রাজ্য n. the realm of fancy or imagination. ̃সিদ্ধি n. fulfilment of a desire or intention; at tainment of an end. ̃সুন্দরী, মানসী n. fem. the graceful woman of one's imagination.

মানসম্ভ্রম [ mānasambhrama ] n honour and prestige or mod esty.

মানসাঙ্ক [ mānasāṅka ] n a mathematical sum to be worked out mentally.

মানসিক [ mānasika ] a mental (মানসিক ব্যাধি); imagi nary or fancied (মানসিক ভয়). ☐ n. a sacrifice or offering promised to a de ity on condition that one's prayer be granted. মানসিক করা v. to promise a sacrifice or offering to a deity on con dition that a prayer be granted. মানসিক দেওয়া v. to offer a promised sacrifice to a deity on fulfilment of a prayer.

মানসী [ mānasī ] a. fem conceived by the mind, fancied (মানসী প্রতিমা). ☐ n. fem. a woman or sweet-heart of one's fancy (কবি মানসী).

মানহানি [ mānahāni ] n defamation; a libel. মানহানি করা v. to defame; to libel. ̃কর a. defamatory; libellous. মানহানির মোকদ্দমা a defamation case; a libel suit.

মানা¹ [ mānā¹ ] n prohibition, forbidding. মানা করা v. to prohibit, to forbid.

মানা² [ mānā² ] n to honour, to show respect to, to revere (গুরুজনকে মানা); to believe in (ভূতপ্রেত মানা); to regard, to count (ভাগ্য বলে মানা); to acknowledge, to admit, to own (অপরাধ মানা); to ac knowledge the authority of (রাজাকে মানা); to obey, to abide by (উপদেশ মানা); to observe (শাস্ত্রীয় নিয়ম মানা); to heed (বাধা মানা); to accept, to yield to (সান্ত্বনা মানা); to call on or cite (সাক্ষী মানা).

মানান [ mānāna ] n fittingness; becomingness; pro priety; decorousness, decorum; beauty. ☐ a. fitting; becoming; decorous.

মানানসই [ mānānasi ] a same as মানান (a.).

মানানো¹ [ mānānō¹ ] v to cause to honour or revere or believe in or regard or count or ac knowledge or own or obey or observe or heed or accept or yield to or call on.

মানানো² [ mānānō² ] v to befit, to become; to suit; to fit.

মানিক [ mānika ] n ruby; a jewel; (fig.) a precious object, an object of joy or hope. ̃জোড় n. a variety of egrets usually moving in pairs; (fig.-often dero.) a pair of in separable friends or associates.

মানী [ mānī ] a honoured, respected; respectable, honourable; having prestige or dignity; particular about one's own prestige or dignity; egotistic; vainglorious; touchy. fem. মানিনী in all the senses of মানী, and esp.-one who often sulks on account of amorous quarrel; huffy.

মানুষ [ mānuṣa ] n the human race, man; a man; a human being (male or female), a per son; a grown-up person, an adult; proper human being (তোরা মানুষ হ). মানুষ করা v. to rear, to bring up (ছেলে মানুষ করা); to train one to be a proper man. মানুষ হওয়া v. to be brought up; to grow up, to become an adult; to grow up into a proper man. ̃খেকো a. maneating. ☐ n. a maneater. ̃জন n. men, people (মানুষজন দেখছি না). মানুষের মতো মানুষ a proper man; a great or emi nent person; a man of worth; an ideal man. মানুষিক a. human. মানুষী a. human. ☐ n. a woman; womankind.

মানে [ mānē ] n meaning, interpretation, import, significance, implication; motive, pur pose, cause (আন্দোলনের মানে); utility (জমি পতিত রাখার মানে কী?). মানে করা v. to interpret; to expound; to explain. মানে বোঝা v. to comprehend the mean ing or motive or intention or utility of. মানে বোঝানো v. to mean, to signify; to imply; to explain the meaning of. মানে হওয়া v. to serve a purpose; to be of any use; to convey a meaning.

মানে-বই [ mānē-bi ] n a book of explanatory notes; a help-book, a key.

মানে-মানে [ mānē-mānē ] adv whilst one's prestige or dignity is still unimpaired.

মানোয়ার [ mānōẏāra ] n a man-of-war; a battleship, a warship. মানোয়ারি a. serving on board a warship, employed in the navy, naval; used in war.

মান্দাস [ māndāsa ] n a raft, a float.

মান্দ্য [ māndya ] n lack of natural urge, dearth, loss, decrease, dullness (ক্ষুধামান্দ্য); impair ment (অগ্নিমান্দ্য); slowness; sloth; iner tia.

মান্ধাতা [ māndhātā ] n a mythological king. মান্ধাতার আমল time immemorial, time out of mind.

মান্য [ mānya ] a same as মাননীয় । ☐ n. honour, re spect, cordial reception (মান্য করা); a gift of honour, a complimentary present (মান্য দেওয়া); compliance, ob servance. fem. a. মান্যা । মান্য করা v. to honour, to respect, to accord cordial reception (to); to comply with, to ob serve. ̃গণ্য a. respectable and impor tant. ̃বর a. highly honourable or ven erable or respectable. ̃বরেষু adv. to a highly respectable person (used as a polite mode of addressing a letter).

মাপ¹ [ māpa¹ ] n pardon, excuse; remission; ex emption. মাপ করা v. to pardon, to for give, to excuse; to remit, to exempt.

মাপ² [ māpa² ] n measure; dimension; measure ment. মাপ নেওয়া v. to take measure ments of, to measure. মাপে হওয়া v. to be of a particular measure or size, to measure; to fit in measurements. ̃কাঠি, ̃কাটি n. a measuring-rod; a measure; a standard. ̃জোখ, ̃জোক n. measure ments; measurement; surveying. মাপজোখ করা v. to measure minutely; to survey. ̃দড়ি n. measuring rope or tape. ̃সই a. & adv. conforming to par ticular measurements. ˜ক a. measur ing or weighing. ☐ n. a measure; a weigher. ̃ন n. measuring or weighing or sounding. ̃দণ্ড n. a measuring-rod. ̃যন্ত্র n. a weighing-machine. ̃রজ্জু n. a sounding-line, a plumb-line. মাপনী n. (geom.) a ruler, a scale.

মাপা [ māpā ] v to measure; to weigh; to survey (জমি মাপা); to measure the depth of, to sound; (fig.) to try to assess the impor tance or weight of. ☐ a. measured; weighed; surveyed; sounded; re strained, controlled, restricted (মাপা কথা, মাপা খাওয়া). ̃জোখা, ̃জোকা a. conforming accurately to a particular measure, measured; restrained, con trolled, restricted. ☐ n. measuring or surveying. মাপানো v. to cause to mea sure or weigh or survey or sound.

মাফলার [ māphalāra ] n a scarf, a muffler; a comforter.

মাফিক [ māphika ] a like; conforming to (রুচিমাফিক).

মাভৈঃ [ mābhaiḥ ] v. imp (used as int.) don't fear, be not afraid. ☐ a. expelling fear (মাভৈঃ বাণী).

মামড়ি [ māmaḍ়i ] n an encrustation, a scab. মামড়ি পড়া v. to develop a scab, to scab.

মামদো [ māmadō ] n a ghost of a Mussalman. ̃বাজি n. (fig.) boastful and threatening behaviour, bluff, bluster.

মা-মরা [ mā-marā ] a motherless.

মামা [ māmā ] n a brother or cousin-brother of one's mother, a maternal uncle, an uncle. ̃তো a. descended from one's maternal uncle, avuncular. মামাতো ভাই বা বোন a cousin. ̃শ্বশুর n. a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an uncle-in-law.

মামি [ māmi ] n. fem the wife of a maternal uncle, an aunt. ̃শাশুড়ি fem. the wife of a ma ternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an aunt-in-law.

মামুলি [ māmuli ] a hackneyed, trite, banal, stock; conventional, traditional, traditionally or conventionally fixed (মামুলি স্বত্ব); most ordinary, negligible, paltry (মামুলি ব্যাপার).

মায় [ māẏa ] prep together with, inclusive of, with, even.

মায়া [ māẏā ] n (theol.) illusion, the material world, physical or phenomenal nature, maya; delusion; infatuation, fascina tion; affection, attachment; tenderness; compassion; magic, jugglery; black magic, sorcery; deceit, a beguiling trick, chicanery; disguise. মায়া করা v. to think or treat with affection, to be at tached to; to be reluctant to lose (টাকার বা চাকরির মায়া করা). মায়ায় ভোলা v. to be duped by attachment or sorcery or illu sion or by a beguiling trick. ̃কানন n. a garden or grove created by sorcery, an enchanted garden. ̃কান্না n. insincere sorrow, crocodile tears. ̃ঘোর n. influ ence or spell of illusion or delusion or infatuation or enchantment. ̃জাল n. a cobweb or network or spell of illusion or delusion or attachment or infatua tion or enchantment. ̃জীবী n. a magi cian, a juggler; a conjurer. ̃ডোর n. a string or bond of attachment or infatu ation. মায়াত্মক a. illusory; delusive; en chanted; hypocritical; disguised. ̃দণ্ড n. a magician's or conjurer's wand. ̃দপর্ণ same as ̃মুকুর । ̃ধারী a. con cealing one's identity by casting a spell of illusion; hypocritical; disguised. ̃পাশ same as ̃জাল । ̃বদ্ধ a. strongly held under illusion; greatly attached or infatuated or enchanted. ̃বন্ধন n. the bond or tie of illusion or attachment or infatuation or enchantment. ̃বলে adv. magically; by trickery or beguiling trick; by a spell of delusion or beguil ing trick. ̃বশ a. subject to attachment or affection or infatuation, fondly at tached. ̃বাদ n. (phil. & theol.) illu sionism. ˜বাদী a. (phil. & theol.) illu sionistic. □ n. an illusionist. ̃বিদ্যা n. jugglery, magic; conjury; sorcery, black magic. ̃বী a. practising deceit, deceitful; practising sorcery; warrant ing affection, infatuating, enchanting (মায়াবী সৌন্দর্য). ☐ n. an enchanter (fem. an enchantress), a sorcerer (fem. a sor ceress); a wizard (fem. a witch); a con jurer. fem. ̃বিনী । ̃মমতা n. pl. affec tion and compassion; love and attach ment; (cp.) a soft spot (for). ̃ময় a. il lusive; delusive; infatuating; bewitch ing, enchanting; deceptive. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃মুকুর n. a magic mirror. ̃মুক্ত a. freed from attachment or affection; disillu sioned; disenchanted. ̃মৃগ n. (Ramayana) a stag appearing to be made of gold, which tempted Sita and led her to be kidnapped by Ravana; (fig.) a perilous illusion or temptation. ̃মোহ same as ̃ঘোর । ̃রজ্জু same as ̃ডোর । ̃রাজ্য n. a land created by sor cery; a realm of infatuation or enchant ment. ̃হীন a. devoid of tenderness or compassion.

মায়িক [ māẏika ] a magical; illusive; infatuating; enchanting.

মার¹ [ māra¹ ] n death, destruction (সত্যের মার নেই); loss (টাকা মার খাওয়া বা যাওয়া). মার যাওয়া v. to be lost.

মার² [ māra² ] n the Hindu god of love (cp. Eros, Cupid); and evil spirit who tried to tempt Buddha (cp. Satan); killing or slaying.

মার³ [ māra³ ] n beating or striking or thrashing or flogging. মার খাওয়া v. to be beaten up or flogged. মার দেওয়া a. to beat, to flog. ̃কাট n. fighting and bloodshed; tumultuous brawl or affray; feverish haste and fuss; higgling. ☐ adv. & a. at best. ˜কুটে a. given to beating on slightest pretext. ̃খেকো a. one who is often flogged. ̃ধর n. beating or flog ging; beating and arresting (as by the police). ̃পিট n. mutual fighting; fray; an affray, a riot; beating or flogging (esp. excessive). ̃মার কাটকাট n. same as কাট । ☐ a. tumultuous, noisily vio lent, turbulent. ̃মুখো a. about to strike or hurt; aggressive; frightening, threat ening, menacing. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মূর্তি a. about to strike or hurt; having an ag gressive or menacing appearance. ☐ n. aggressive or menacing appearance.

মারক [ māraka ] n a pestilence, a plague. ☐ a. de structive; pestilential.

মারণ [ māraṇa ] n killing, slaughter; destroying, de struction; an occult rite performed to cause one's death (মারণমন্ত্র); calcina tion (of metals). মারণাস্ত্র n. a weapon of destruction. মারিত a. killed; destroyed.

মারপ্যাঁচ [ mārapyān̐ca ] n shrewd or trappy trick (খেলার মারপ্যাঁচ); a shrewd or tricky twist or turn (কথার মারপ্যাঁচ); quibbling, equivocation.

মারফত [ māraphata ] prep per, through, by. দূত মারফত through a messenger.

মারবেল [ mārabēla ] n marble; a little hard ball (ori. made of marble) used by boys in play, a marble. মারবেল-পাহাড় n. a marble rock.