Concise Pali-english Dictionary – M –
– M –
maṃsa : [nt.] flesh.
maṃsapuñja : [m.] a slice of flesh.
maṃsapesi : [f.] a slice of flesh.
makaci : [m.] the bow-string hemp.
makacivattha : [nt.] a canvas.
makacivāka : [nt.] the fibre of the makaci plant.
makara : [m.] a sea-monster; a sword-fish.
makaradantaka : [nt.] a design in the shape of a flower.
makaranda : [m.] the nectar of a flower.
makasa : [m.] a mosquito.
makasavāraṇa : [nt.] mosquito net.
makuṭa : [m.; nt.] crest; crown; a coronet.
makula : [nt.] bud; a knob.
makkaṭa : [m.] a monkey.
makkaṭaka : [m.] a spider.
makkaṭasutta : [nt.] spider’s thread.
makkaṭī : [f.] a female monkey.
makkha : [m.] depreciation of another’s worth.
makkhaṇa : [nt.] smearing; anointing with.
makkhikā : [f.] a fly.
makkhita : [pp. of makkheti] smeared; anointed; rubbed off.
makkhī : [m.] one who depreciates another’s worth.
makkheti : [makkh + e] smears; anoints; rubs off.
makkhetvā : [abs. of makkheti] having smeared; having anointed; having rubbed off.
makkhesi : [aor. of makkheti] smeared; anointed; rubbed off.
maga : [m.] a quadruped.
magadha : [m.] the country of Magadha, which includes present Bihar and Orissa. || māgadha (adj.) belonging to Magadha.
magasira : name of a constellation. || māgasira (m.) name of a month, December-January.
magga : [m.] oath; road; way.
maggakilanta : [adj.] wearied by walking.
maggakusala : [adj.] one who knows the road well.
maggakkhāyī : [adj.] one who shows a right path.
maggaṅga : [nt.] the constituent of the path, viz. right view, right aspiration, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right rapture.
maggañāṇa : [nt.] knowledge of the path.
maggaññū : [adj.] one who knows the path.
maggaṭṭha : [adj.] one who on the road or who has attained the path.
maggati : [mag + a] seeks; tracks; traces out. || maññati (man + ya), imagines; is of opinion; deems.
maggadūsī : [m.] a highway robber.
maggadesaka : [adj.] one who points out the way.
maggana : [nt.] search; tracing out. || magganā (f.) search; tracing out. maññanā (f.), imagination; illusion.
maggapaṭipanna : [adj.] a traveller; one who entered the path.
maggabhāvanā : [f.] cultivation of the path.
maggamūḷha : [adj.] one who has lost the way.
maggavidū : [adj.] one who knows the path.
maggasacca : [nt.] the truth concerning the path.
maggi : [aor. of maggati] sought; tracked; traced out. || maññi (aor. of maññati), imagined; deemed.
maggika : [m.] a wayfarer.
maggita : [pp. of maggati] sought; tracked; traced out. || maññita (pp. of maññati), imagined; deemed. (nt.) imagination; illusion.
maggitvā : [abs. of maggati] having sought; having tracked; having traced out. || maññitvā (abs. of maññati), having imagined; having deemed.
maggeti : [mag + e] seeks; tracks; traces out.
maghavantu : [m.] an epithet of Sakka.
maṅku : [adj.] confused; downcast; in low spirits.
maṅkubhāva : [m.] moral weakness; downcastness.
maṅkubhūta : [adj.] silent; downcast.
maṅgala : [adj.] auspicious; royal; lucky; festive. (nt.), festivity; good omen; ceremony; prosperity.
maṅgalaassa : [m.] state horse.
maṅgalakicca : [nt.] maṅgalakicca
maṅgalakolāhala : [m.] dispute about auspicious things or acts.
maṅgaladivasa : [m.] a festive day; the day of marriage.
maṅgalapokkharaṇī : [f.] royal bathing pond.
maṅgalasindhava : [m.] state horse.
maṅgalasilāpaṭṭa : [nt.] a slab used by a king to sit on.
maṅgalasupina : [nt.] a lucky dream.
maṅgalassa : [m.] state horse.
maṅgalahatthī : [m.] state elephant.
maṅgura : [m.] a kind of river fish. (adj.), of dark yellow colour.
macca : [m.] a man.
maccu : [m.] death; the Death.
maccutara : [adj.] one who overcomes death.
maccudheyya : [nt.] the sphere of Death.
maccuparāyaṇa : [adj.] subject to death.
maccupareta : [adj.] subject to death.
maccupāsa : [m.] the snare of Death.
maccumukha : [nt.] the mouth of Death.
maccurāja : [m.] the king of death.
maccuvasa : [m.] the power of death.
maccuhāyī : [adj.] victorious over death.
maccha : [m.] a fish.
macchagumba : [m.] shawl of fish.
macchaṇḍa : [nt.] fish-egg.
macchaṇḍī : [f.] a kind of sugar having the appearance of fish-eggs.
macchabandha : [m.] a fisherman.
macchamaṃsa : [nt.] fish and flesh.
macchara : [nt.] avarice; niggardliness.
maccharāyati : [deno. from macchariya] is selfish, greedy or miserly.
macchariya : [nt.] avarice; niggardliness.
maccharī : [m.] a miser.
macchī : [f.] a she-fish.
macchera : [nt.] avarice; niggardliness.
majja : [nt.] an intoxicant.
majjati : [maj + ya] intoxicated. (maj + a), polishes; wipes; cleans.
majjana : [nt.] an intoxicant, negligence. || majjanā (f.) polishing; wiping; stroking.
majjanta : [pr.p. of majjati] intoxicating; polishing.
majjapa : [adj.] one drinks strong drinks.
majjapāna : [nt.] drinking of liquors; (nt.), an intoxicating drink.
majjapāyī : [adj.] one drinks strong drinks.
majjavikkayī : [m.] seller of spirits.
majjāra : [m.] a cat.
majjārī : [f.] a she-cat.
majji : [aor. of majjati] intoxicated; polished; wiped; cleaned.
majjita : [pp. of majjati] intoxicated; polished; wiped; cleaned.
majjitvā : [abs. of majjati] having intoxicated; having polished; having wiped.
majjha : [m.] the middle; the waist. (adj.), middle.
majjhaṭṭha : [adj.] neutral; impartial; indifferent.
majjhaṇha : [m.] the noon; midday.
majjhatta : [adj.] neutral; impartial; indifferent.
majjhattatā : [f.] impartiality; equanimity.
majjhadesa : [m.] the middle country.
majjhantika : [m.] the midday.
majjhantikasamaya : [m.] the midday.
majjhima : [adj.] middle; medium; moderate; central.
majjhimadesa : [m.] the middle country including the Ganges basin.
majjhimapurisa : [m.] a man of moderate height; the second person in grammar.
majjhimayāma : [m.] the middle portion of the night.
majjhimavaya : [m.] the middle age.
mañca : [m.] a bed.
mañcaka : [m.] a small bed.
mañcaparāyaṇa : [adj.] confined to bed.
mañcapīṭha : [nt.] beds and chairs; furniture.
mañcavāna : [nt.] the netting of a bed.
mañjarī : [f.] a bunch of cluster.
mañjiṭṭha : [adj.] crimson. || mañjiṭṭhā (f.) the red sanders tree, seeds of which are used as a jeweller’s weight.
mañju : [adj.] charming; lovely.
mañjubhāṇaka : [adj.] sweet voiced; speaking sweetly.
mañjussara : [adj.] sweet voiced; speaking sweetly.
mañjūsaka : [m.] a celestial tree.
mañjūsā : [f.] a casket; box.
mañjeṭṭha : [adj.] crimson.
mañjeṭṭhī : [f.] the Bengal madder.
maññamāna : [pr.p. of maññati] imagining; deeming.
maññe : [ind.] methinks; I imagine.
maṭṭasāṭaka : [nt.] a fine cloth.
maṭṭha : [pp. of majjati] intoxicated; polished; wiped; cleaned. (adj.), smoothed; polished.
maṇi : [m.] a gem; jewel.
maṇika : [m.] 1. a big jar; 2. a bracelet made of glass, etc.
maṇikāra : [m.] gem-cutter.
maṇikuṇḍala : [nt.] jewelled earring.
maṇikkhandha : [m.] a tremendous jewel.
maṇipallaṅka : [m.] a jewel seat.
maṇibandha : [m.] the wrist.
maṇimaya : [adj.] made of precious stones.
maṇiratana : [nt.] a valuable gem.
maṇivaṇṇa : [adj.] of the colour of crystal.
maṇisappa : [m.] a kind of green snake.
maṇḍa : [m.] the best part (of milk, etc.). (adj.), very clear.
maṇḍana : [nt.] adornment; decoration.
maṇḍanajātika : [adj.] desirous of adornment.
maṇḍapa : [m.] temporary shed or pavilion.
maṇḍamāla : [m.] a circular pavilion.
maṇḍala : [nt.] a circle; disk; round platform; circus ring; a round flat surface.
maṇḍalamāla : [m.] a circular pavilion.
maṇḍalika : [adj.] belonging to a circle or a small country.
maṇḍalissara : [m.; adj.] governor of province.
maṇḍalī : [adj.] having a disk; circular.
maṇḍita : [pp. of maṇḍeti] adorned; decorated.
maṇḍuka : [m.] a frog.
maṇḍeti : [maṇḍ + e] adorns; decorates.
maṇḍetvā : [abs. of maṇḍeti] having adorned; having decorated.
maṇḍesi : [aor. of maṇḍeti] adorned; decorated.
mata : [pp. of maññati] know; understand. (pp. of marati), died. (nt.) a view. (pp. of marati) dead.
mataka : [m.] the deceased.
matakabhatta : [nt.] food offered for the dead.
matakavattha : [nt.] cloth offered for the dead.
matakicca : [nt.] rites for the dead.
mati : [f.] wisdom; idea.
matimantu : [adj.] wise.
mativippahīna : [adj.] foolish.
matta : [pp. of majjati] was intoxicated; full of joy; proud of; conceited; polished. (- ka), (in cpds.) of the size of; as much as. || mattā (f.), a measure; quantity; moderation; size. maṭṭa (adj.) smoothed; polished.
mattaññutā : [f.] moderation.
mattaññū : [adj.] knowing the measure or limit; moderate.
mattahatthī : [m.] a rutted elephant.
mattāsukha : [nt.] limited happiness.
mattikapatta : [m.] earthern bowl.
mattikā : [f.] clay; soil.
mattikāpiṇḍa : [m.] a lump of clay.
mattikābhājana : [nt.] earthenware (vessel).
mattigha : [m.] a matricide.
matteyya : [adj.] respecting one’s mother.
matteyyatā : [f.] filial love towards one’s mother.
matthaka : [m.] the head; top; summit. (loc.) upon; at the distance of.
matthaluṅga : [nt.] the brain.
matthu : [nt.] the water separated from the curd.
mathati : [math + a] shakes about; churns; disturbs.
mathana : [nt.] churning; disturbance.
mathi : [aor. of mathati] shook about; churned; disturbed.
mathita : [pp. of mathati] shook about; churned; disturbed.
mathitvā : [abs. of mathati] having shaken about; having distrubed.
mada : [m.] pride; intoxication; conceit; sexual excess.
madana : [m.] the God of love. (nt.), intoxication.
madanīya : [adj.] intoxicating; causing attachment.
madirā : [f.] liquor made from cereals.
maddati : [madd + a] crushes; tramples on; subjugates.
maddana : [nt.] crushing; trampling; threshing.
maddanta : [pr.p. of maddati] crushing; trampling on; subjugating.
maddava : [nt.] softness; mildness; a soft thing. (adj.), mild; gentle; soft.
maddi : [aor. of maddati] crushed; trampled on; subjugated.
maddita : [pp. of maddati] crushed; trampled on; subjugated.
madditvā : [abs. of maddati] having crushed; having trampled on; having subjugated.
maddiya : [abs. of maddati] having crushed; having trampled on; having subjugated.
madhu : [nt.] honey; wine made from the blossom of Bassia Latifolia.
madhuka : [m.] the tree Bassia Latifolia. || madhukā (f.) liquorice.
madhukara : [m.] a bee.
madhugaṇḍa : [m.] a honeycomb.
madhupa : [m.] a bee; sucker of honey.
madhupaṭala : [m.] a honeycomb.
madhupiṇḍikā : [f.] a ball of flour mixed with honey.
madhubbata : [m.] a bee.
madhumakkhita : [adj.] smeared with honey.
madhumeha : [m.] diabetes.
madhura : [adj.] sweet. (nt.) sweet thing.
madhurakajāta : [adj.] weak and stiff.
madhuratā : [f.] sweetness.
madhuratta : [nt.] sweetness.
madhurassara : [adj.] having a sweet voice.
madhulaṭṭhikā : [f.] liquorice.
madhulāja : [m.] fried corn mixed with honey.
madhulīha : [m.] a bee.
madhussava : [adj.] dripping with honey.
madhvāsava : [m.] wine from the flowers of Bassia.
mana : [m.; nt.] mind; consciousness. (in cpds. it takes the form mano). || māna (nt.), measure; measurement. (m.) pride; conceit.
manaṃ : [ind.] nearly; well-nigh; almost; somewhat.
manakkāra : [m.] ideation; consideration.
manatā : [f.] (in cpds.), mentality. attamanatā = joyful mentality.
manana : [nt.] thinking. || mānana (nt.), paying honour or respect.
manasikata : [pp. of manasikaroti] kept in mind; thought over.
manasikatvā : [abs. of manasikaroti] having kept in mind; having thought over.
manasikari : [aor. of manasikaroti] kept in mind; thought over.
manasikaritvā : [abs. of manasikaroti] having kept in mind; having thought over.
manasikaroti : [manasi + kar + o] keeps in mind; thinks over.
manasikaronta : [pr.p. of manasikaroti] keeping in mind; thinking over.
manasikātabba : [pt.p. of manasikaroti] should be kept in mind.
manasikātuṃ : [inf.] to think about.
manasikāra : [m.] ideation; consideration.
manāpa : [adj.] pleasing; charming.
manāpika : [adj.] pleasing; charming.
manuja : [m.] a human being.
manujādhipa : [m.] lord of men, a king.
manujinda : [m.] lord of men, a king.
manuñña : [adj.] delightful; pleasant.
manussa : [m.] a human being.
manussatta : [nt.] human existence; humanity.
manussabhāva : [m.] state of human being.
manussabhūta : [adj.] one who has become a man.
manussaloka : [m.] human world.
manesikā : [f.] thought-reading.
mano : (from taken by mana in cpds.)
manokamma : [nt.] mental action.
manojava : [adj.] swift as thought.
manoduccarita : [nt.] the bad mentality.
manodvāra : [nt.] the threshold of consciousness.
manodhātu : [f.] the ideational faculty.
manopadosa : [m.] ill-will.
manopasāda : [m.] devotional feeling.
manopubbaṅgamā : [adj.] directed by mind.
manomaya : [adj.] mind made.
manoratha : [m.] wish.
manorama : [adj.] delightful.
manoviññāṇa : [nt.] the mind cognition.
manoviññeyya : [adj.] to be comprehended by the mind.
manovitakka : [m.] a thought.
manosilā : [f.] red arsenic.
manohara : [adj.] charming; captivating.
manta : [nt.] a charm; spell; incantation.
mantajjhāyaka : [adj.] one who studies the Holy Incantations.
mantadhara : [adj.] bearer of Vedic charms.
mantana : [nt.] consultation; discussion. || mantanā (f.) consultation; discussion.
mantayati : [v.] consults.
mantayamāna : [pr.p. of manteti] consulting; taking counsel; discussing.
mantita : [pp. of manteti] consulted; taken counsel; discussed.
mantinī : [f.] a woman councillor.
mantī : [m.] a counsellor; a minister.
mantu : [m.] one who imagines.
manteti : [mant + e] consults; takes counsel; discusses.
mantetuṃ : [inf. of manteti] to consult; to take counsel; to discuss.
mantetvā : [abs. of manteti] having consulted; having taken counsel; having discussed.
mantenta : [pr.p. of manteti] consulting; taking counsel; discussing.
mantesi : [aor. of manteti] consulted; took counsel; discussed.
mantha : [m.] churning stick; parched corn-flour.
manthara : [m.] a tortoise.
manda : [adj.] slow; dull; lazy; foolish; yielding a little. (nt.) a little.
mandaṃ : [adv.] slowly; little by little.
mandatā : [f.] reduced state; slowness; stupidity.
mandatta : [nt.] reduced state; slowness; stupidity.
mandamandaṃ : [adv.] slowly; little by little.
mandākinī : [f.] name of a great lake, and of a river.
mandāmukhī : [f.] a coal-pan.
mandāra : [m.] name of a mountain.
mandiya : [nt.] stupidity; slackness.
mandira : [nt.] a mansion; a palace.
mamaṅkāra : [m.] selfish attachment.
mamatta : [nt.] selfish attachment.
mamāyati : [deno. from mama] is attached to; cherishes.
mamāyanā : [f.] selfish attachment.
mamāyanta : [pr.p. of mamāyati] cherishing.
mamāyi : [aor. of mamāyati] cherished.
mamāyita : [pp. of mamāyati] cherished.
mamāyitvā : [abs. of mamāyati] having cherished.
mamma : [nt.] a vital spot of the body; a nerve centre.
mammacchedaka : [adj.] wounding a vital spot; very harsh or fatal.
mammaṭṭhāna : [nt.] a vital spot of the body; a nerve centre.
mammana : [adj.] one who stammers.
mayaṃ : [nom. plu. of amha] we.
mayūkha : [m.] a ray of light.
mayūra : [m.] peacock.
maraṇa : [nt.] death. || māraṇa (nt.), killing.
maraṇakāla : [m.] time of death.
maraṇacetanā : [f.] intention to kill.
maraṇadhamma : [adj.] subject to death.
maraṇanta : [adj.] having death as its end.
maraṇapariyosāna : [adj.] having death as its end.
maraṇabhaya : [nt.] fear of death.
maraṇamañcaka : [m.] death-bed.
maraṇamukha : [nt.] the mouth of Death.
maraṇavasa : [m.] power of the death.
maraṇasati : [f.] meditation on death.
maraṇasamaya : [m.] time of death.
marati : [mar + a] dies.
maranta : [pr.p. of marati] dying.
maramāna : [pr.p. of marati] dying.
mari : [aor. of marati] died.
marica : [nt.] pepper; chillies.
maritabba : [pt.p. of marati] should be died.
marituṃ : [inf. of marati] to die.
maritvā : [abs. of marati] having died.
mariyādā : [f.] boundary; limit.
marīci : [f.] a ray of light; mirage.
marīcikā : [f.] mirage.
marīcidhamma : [adj.] equal to mirage; unsubstantial.
maru : [f.] sand; a sandy waste. (m.), a deity.
marumba : [nt.] pebbles.
mala : [nt.] impurity; stain; rust; dirt; dung. || māla (m.) a circular enclosure; a round yard. mālā (f.) a garland; wreath; flowers; a string of.
malatara : [adj.] more dirty or impure.
malina : [adj.] dirty; stained; impure. (nt.), impurity.
malinaka : [adj.] dirty; stained; impure. (nt.), impurity.
malla : [m.] a wrestler; a man of the Malla clan.
mallaka : [m.] a vessel; a receiver.
mallayuddha : [nt.] wrestling contest.
mallikā : [f.] the (Arabian), jasmine.
masāragalla : [nt.] a kind of precious stone.
masi : [m.] soot; charcoal dust.
massu : [nt.] the beard.
massuka : [adj.] having a beard.
massukamma : [nt.] beard-dressing.
massukaraṇa : [nt.] beard-dressing.
maha : [m.] a religious festival. || mahā (mahanta becomes mahā in compounds; the last vowel ā is often shortened euphonically.)
mahaggata : [adj.] become great; lofty.
mahaggha : [adj.] very costly.
mahagghatā : [f.] costliness.
mahagghasa : [adj.] eating much; gluttonous.
mahaṇṇava : [m.] the great ocean.
mahati : [mah + a] honours; reveres. || mahatī (f.) great; big; extensive.
mahatta : [nt.] greatness.
mahaddhana : [adj.] having great riches.
mahanīya : [adj.] respectable.
mahanta : [adj.] great; big; extensive.
mahantabhāva : [m.] greatness.
mahantara : [adj.] greater; more extensive.
mahantī : [f.] great; big; extensive.
mahapphala : [adj.] rich in result.
mahapphalatara : [adj.] having more great results.
mahabbala : [adj.] having a great power or strong force. (nt.) a great strength or army.
mahabbhaya : [nt.] great fear.
mahallaka : [adj.] old. (m.), an old man.
mahallakatara : [adj.] older.
mahallikā : [f.] old woman.
mahā-upāsaka : [m.] a great follower of the Buddha.
mahā-upāsikā : [f.] a great female devotee.
mahākathāna : [nt.] a number with 134 cyphers.
mahākaruṇā : [f.] great compassion.
mahākāya : [adj.] having a fat or big body.
mahāgaṇa : [m.] a great community.
mahāgaṇī : [m.] having many followers.
mahājana : [m.] the public.
mahājanakāya : [m.] a great multitude of people.
mahātaṇha : [adj.] very greedy.
mahātala : [nt.] a large flat roof on the top of a palace.
mahādhana : [nt.] immense wealth.
mahānaraka : [m.] the great hell.
mahānasa : [nt.] the kitchen.
mahānāga : [m.] a big elephant.
mahāniraya : [m.] the great hell.
mahānubbāva : [adj.] of great majesty.
mahāpañña : [adj.] very wise.
mahāpatha : [m.] high road.
mahāpitu : [m.] father’s elder brother.
mahāpurisa : [m.] a great man.
mahābandhana : [nt.] strong bondage.
mahābhūta : [nt.] the four great elements.
mahābhoga : [adj.] having great wealth.
mahāmagga : [m.] highway; main road.
mahāmacca : [m.] a chief minister.
mahāmati : [m.] a great wise man.
mahāmatta : [m.] a chief minister.
mahāmuni : [m.] the great sage.
mahāmegha : [m.] a shower.
mahāyañña : [m.] a great sacrifice.
mahāyasa : [adj.] of great fame.
mahāyāga : [m.] a great sacrifice.
mahāraha : [adj.] very precious; costly; much valuable.
mahārāja : [m.] a great king.
mahālatāpasādhana : [nt.] a ladies’ parure called “great creeper”.
mahāvīra : [m.] great hero.
mahāsatta : [m.] the great being.
mahāsamaṇa : [m.] the Great Recluse.
mahāsamudda : [m.] the ocean.
mahāsara : [nt.] a great lake. || mahāsāra (adj.), having immense wealth.
mahāsāla : [adj.] having immense wealth.
mahāsāvaka : [m.] a great disciple.
mahi : [aor. of mahati] honoured; revered. || mahī (f.) the earth; name of a river.
mahikā : [f.] the frost.
mahiccha : [adj.] greedy.
mahicchatā : [f.] greediness.
mahita : [pp. of mahati] honoured; revered.
mahitvā : [abs. of mahati] having honoured; having revered.
mahiddhika : [adj.] of great magical power.
mahinda : [m.] a personal name; the chief of gods.
mahilā : [f.] a woman.
mahisa : [m.] a buffalo.
mahisamaṇḍala : [nt.] name of a country, present Mysore.
mahissara : [m.] a great lord; the God Isvara.
mahītala : [nt.] the surface of the earth.
mahīdhara : [m.] a mountain.
mahīpati : [m.] a king.
mahīpāla : [m.] a king.
mahīruha : [m.] a tree.
mahesakkha : [adj.] influential; possessing great power.
mahesi : [(mahā + isi), m.] the great sage. || mahesī (f.) a queen.
mahogha : [m.] great flood.
mahodadhi : [m.] the ocean.
mahodara : [adj.] having a big belly.
mahoraga : [m.] a king of Nāgas.
mā : [a prohibitive particle] do not. (m.) the moon.
māgadhaka : [adj.] belonging to Magadha.
māgadhī : [f.] the language of Magadha.
māgavika : [m.] a huntsman.
māgha : [m.] name of a month, January-February.
māghāta : [m.] non-killing order.
māṇa : [nt.] measure; measurement. (m.), pride; conceit.
māṇava : [m.] a young man.
māṇavaka : [m.] a young man.
māṇavikā : [f.] a maiden.
māṇavī : [f.] a maiden.
mātaṅga : [m.] an elephant; a low-caste man.
mātalī : [m.] name of Indra’s charioteer.
mātāpitu : [m.] parents; the mother and the father.
mātāpettika : [adj.] come from father and mother.
mātāpettibhara : [adj.] supporting one’s parents.
mātāmaha : [m.] mother’s father.
mātāmahī : [f.] mother’s mother.
mātika : [adj.] connected with mother. || mātikā (f.), a water course; a table of contents; the code of Patimokkha.
mātipakkha : [m.] mother’s side.
mātu : [f.] mother.
mātukucchi : [m.] mother’s womb.
mātugāma : [m.] a woman.
mātughāta : [m.] matricide.
mātughātaka : [m.] matricide.
mātucchā : [f.] mother’s sister.
mātupaṭṭhāna : [(mātu + upaṭṭhāna) nt.] looking after one’s mother.
mātuposaka : [adj.] supporting one’s mother.
mātula : [m.] maternal uncle.
mātulānī : [f.] maternal uncle’s wife.
mātuluṅga : [m.] the citron.
mādisa : [adj.] one like me.
mānakūṭa : [m.] a false measure.
mānatthaddha : [m.] stubborn in pride.
mānada : [adj.] inspiring respect.
mānasa : [nt.] mind; intention. (adj.), (in cpds.) having the intention of.
mānita : [pp. of māneti] honoured; revered; thought highly.
mānī : [m.] one who is proud.
mānusa : [adj.] human (m.), a man.
mānusaka : [adj.] human.
mānusatta : [nt.] human state.
mānusika : [adj.] existing in the human world.
mānusī : [f.] a woman.
māneti : [mān + e] honours; reveres; thinks highly.
mānetvā : [abs. of māneti] having honoured; having revered; having thought highly.
mānenta : [pr.p. of māneti] honouring; revering; thinking highly.
mānesi : [aor. of māneti] honoured; revered; thought highly.
māpaka : [m.] the Creator; constructor.
māpika : [pp. of māpeti] built; constructed; created.
māpita : [pp. of māpeti] created.
māpeti : [mā + āpe] builds; constructs; creates; causes to appear by supernatural power.
māpetvā : [abs. of māpeti] having built; having constructed; having created.
māpesi : [aor. of māpeti] built; constructed; created.
māmaka : [adj.] devoted to; loving.
māyā : [f.] fraud; deceit; magic; jugglery.
māyākāra : [m.] a juggler.
māyāvī : [adj.] deceitful; hypocritical; a magician.
māra : [m.] the Evil One; the tempter; death personified.
māraka : [adj.] bringing death; one who kills.
mārakāyika : [adj.] belonging to the group of Māra deities.
māradheyya : [nt.] the realm of Māra.
mārabandhana : [nt.] the fetter of Death.
mārasenā : [f.] the army of Māra.
mārāpana : [nt.] causing to be killed.
mārāpita : [pp. of mārāpeti] caused to be killed.
mārāpeti : [caus. of māreti] causes to be killed.
mārāpetvā : [abs. of mārāpeti] having caused to be killed.
mārāpenta : [pr.p. of mārāpeti] causing to be killed.
mārita : [pp. of māreti] killed.
māriyamāna : [pr.p.p.] being killed.
mārisa : [adj.] (found only in voc.) Sir, Sirs.
māruta : [m.] the wind.
māreti : [mar + e] kills.
māretu : [m.] killer.
māretuṃ : [inf. of māreti] to kill.
māretvā : [abs. of māreti] having killed.
mārenta : [pr.p. of māreti] killing.
māresi : [aor. of māreti] killed. (aor. of mārāpeti), caused to be killed.
mālaka : [m.] a circular enclosure; a round yard.
mālatī : [f.] great-flowered jasmine.
mālākamma : [nt.] garland work; a mural drawing.
mālākāra : [m.] garland-maker; a florist.
mālāgaccha : [m.] a flowering plant.
mālāguṇa : [m.] a string of flowers.
mālāguḷa : [nt.] a cluster of flowers.
mālācumbaṭaka : [m.] a chaplet of flowers.
mālādāma : [m.] a string of flowers.
mālādhara : [adj.] wearing a garland of flowers.
mālādhārī : [adj.] wearing a wreath.
mālāpuṭa : [m.] a container of flowers.
mālābhārī : [adj.] wearing a wreath.
mālāvaccha : [nt.] a flower garden or flowery bed.
mālika : [adj.] having garlands or flowers.
mālinī : [f.] a woman wearing garlands.
mālī : [adj.] having garlands or flowers.
māluta : [m.] the wind.
māluvā : [f.] a parasite creeper which slowly destroys the tree on which it has grown.
mālūra : [m.] the marmelos tree.
mālya : [nt.] a garland.
māsa : [m.] a month; a kind of bean, Phaseolus Indica.
māsaka : [m.] a small coin, (the value of which is about an anna).
māsika : [adj.] occurring monthly; once a month.
miga : [m.] a beast; a quadruped; a deer.
migachāpaka : [m.] the young of a deer.
migataṇhikā : [f.] mirage.
migadāya : [m.] deer-park.
migapotaka : [m.] the young of a deer.
migamada : [m.] the musk.
migamātukā : [f.] a hoofed animal of the size of a cat. (Sinh. mīninnā).
migaluddaka : [m.] a deer-hunter.
migava : [nt.] hunting.
miginda : [m.] the king of beasts; a lion.
migī : [f.] a hind.
micchatta : [nt.] falsehood.
micchā : [ind.] untruth; falsehood; false; wrongly; wrong.
micchākammanta : [m.] wrong conduct or action.
micchāgahaṇa : [nt.] wrong behaviour.
micchācāra : [nt.] wrong behaviour.
micchācārī : [adj.] one who behaves wrongly.
micchādiṭṭhi : [f.] wrong view; heresy.
micchāpaṇihita : [adj.] wrongly directed.
micchāvācā : [f.] wrong speech.
micchāvāyāma : [m.] wrong effort.
micchāsaṅkappa : [m.] wrong intention.
miñja : [nt.] kernel; marrow; pith. || miñjā (f.) kernel; marrow; pith.
miṇana : [nt.] measurement.
miṇanta : [pr.p. of miṇāti] measuring; weighing; balancing.
miṇāti : [mi + ṇā] measures; weighes; balances.
miṇi : [aor. of miṇāti] measured; weighed; balanced.
miṇituṃ : [inf. of miṇāti] to measure; to weigh; to balance.
miṇitvā : [abs. of miṇāti] having measured; having weighed; having balanced.
miṇīyati : [pass. of miṇāti] is measured; is balanced.
mita : [pp. of miṇāti] measured; weighed; balanced.
mitabhāṇī : [m.] one who speaks moderately.
mitta : [m.; nt.] a friend.
mittadubbhi : [m.] one who betrays his friends; a treacherous person.
mittadūbhī : [m.] one who betrays his friends; a treacherous person.
mittaddu : [m.] one who betrays his friends; a treacherous person.
mittapatirūpaka : [adj.] a false friend.
mittabheda : [m.] breaking of friendship or alliance.
mittasanthava : [m.] association with a friend.
mithu : [ind.] alternate; alternately; secretly.
mithuna : [nt.] a pair of a male and a female.
mithubheda : [m.] breaking of alliance.
middha : [nt.] torpor; drowsiness.
middhī : [adj.] torpid; drowsy.
miyyati : [mar + ya; mar is changed to miy and mī] dies.
milakkha : [m.] a barbarian.
milakkhadesa : [m.] a country where barbarians live.
milāta : [pp. of milāyati] withered, faded, dried up. || milātā (f.) fadedness.
milāyati : [milā + ya] to be faded; withers.
milāyamāna : [pr.p. of milāyati] withering.
milāyi : [aor. of milāyati] withered.
milāyitvā : [abs. of milāyati] having withered.
missa : [adj.] mixed; combined.
missaka : [adj.] mixed; combined.
missita : [pp. of misseti] mixed.
misseti : [miss + e] mixes.
missetvā : [abs. of misseti] having mixed.
missenta : [pr.p. of misseti] mixing.
missesi : [aor. of misseti] mixed.
mihita : [nt.] a smile.
mīna : [m.] a fish.
mīyati : [mar + ya; mar is changed to miy and mī] dies.
mīyamāna : [pr.p. of miyyati] died.
mīḷha : [nt.] excrement; dung.
mukula : [nt.] a bud.
mukha : [nt.] mouth; face; entrance; opening; front. (adj.), foremost.
mukhatuṇḍa : [nt.] beak.
mukhadvāra : [nt.] the mouth.
mukhadhovana : [nt.] washing of the face; rinsing the mouth.
mukhapuñchana : [nt.] a towel for wiping the face.
mukhapūra : [nt.] a mouthful. (adj.), filling the mouth.
mukhara : [adj.] garrulous; talkative.
mukharatā : [f.] talkativeness.
mukhavaṭṭi : [f.] brim; rim; edge.
mukhavaṇṇa : [m.] the features.
mukhavikāra : [m.] contortion of the face; showing faces.
mukhasaṅkocana : [nt.] distortion of the mouth (as a sign of displeasure).
mukhasaññata : [adj.] controlling one’s mouth.
mukhādhāna : [nt.] a bridle.
mukhullokaka : [adj.] looking into a person’s face.
mukhodaka : [nt.] water for washing the face.
mukhya : [adj.] chief; foremost; most important.
mugga : [m.] green peas.
muggara : [m.] a club; mallet.
muṅgusa : [m.] a mongoose.
mucalinda : [m.] the tree Barringtonia Acutangula.
muccati : [muc + ya] becomes free; to be saved or released.
muccamāna : [pr.p. of muccati] becoming free.
mucci : [aor. of muccati] became free.
muccita : [pp. of muccati] become free.
muccitvā : [abs. of muccati] having become free.
mucchati : [mucch + a] becomes unconscious or infatuated; faints.
mucchana : [nt.] fainting; unconsciousness; infatuation. || mucchanā (f.), fainting; unconsciousness; infatuation.
mucchanta : [pr.p. of mucchati] becoming unconscious or infatuated.
mucchā : [f.] fainting; unconsciousness; infatuation.
mucchi : [aor. of mucchati] became unconscious or infatuated; fainted.
mucchita : [pp. of mucchati] become unconscious or infatuated; fainted.
mucchitvā : [abs. of mucchati] having become unconscious or infatuated.
mucchiya : [abs. of mucchati] having become unconscious or infatuated.
muñcaka : [adj.] one who releases; emitting.
muñcati : [muc + ṃ-a] releases; loosens; delivers; sends off; emits; gives up.
muñcana : [nt.] releasing; giving up.
muñcanaka : [adj.] emitting.
muñcanta : [pr.p. of muñcati] releasing; loosening; delivering; sending off; emitting; giving up.
muñcamāna : [pr.p. of muñcati] releasing; loosening; delivering; sending off; emitting; giving up.
muñci : [aor. of muñcati] released; loosened; delivered; sent off; emited; gave up.
muñcita : [pp. of muñcati] released; loosened; delivered; sent off; emited; gave up.
muñcitvā : [abs. of muñcati] having released; having loosened; having delivered; having sent off; having emited; having given up.
muñciya : [abs. of muñcati] having released; having loosened; having delivered; having sent off; having emited; having given up.
muñcīyati : [v.] is freed or released.
muñja : [nt.] a kind of grass used in making slippers, etc.
muṭṭha : [pp. of mussati] forgotten; passed into oblivion.
muṭṭhasacca : [nt.] forgetfulness.
muṭṭhassatī : [adj.] forgetful.
muṭṭhi : [m.] the fist; a handle.
muṭṭhika : [m.] a wrestler; boxer.
muṭṭhimalla : [m.] a wrestler; boxer.
muṭṭhiyuddha : [nt.] boxing.
muṇḍa : [adj.] shaven; void of vegetation; bare.
muṇḍaka : [m.] a shaveling; shaven-headed.
muṇḍacchadda : [m.] a building with a flat roof.
muṇḍatta : [nt.] the fact of being shaven.
muṇḍita : [pp. of muṇḍeti] shaved.
muṇḍiya : [nt.] the fact of being shaven.
muṇḍeti : [muṇḍ + e] shaves.
muṇḍetvā : [abs. of muṇḍeti] having shaved.
muṇḍesi : [aor. of muṇḍeti] shaved.
muta : [pp. of munāti] known; understood. (nt.), sense perceptions through nose, tongue and touch.
mutiṇga : [m.] a small drum.
mutimantu : [adj.] sensible.
mutta : [pp. of muñcati] released; loosened; delivered; sent off; emited; gave up. (pp. of muccati), become free. (nt.), the urine. || muttā (f.) a pearl.
muttakaraṇa : [nt.] the male or female organ.
muttavatthi : [f.] the bladder.
muttācāra : [adj.] of loose habits.
muttājāla : [nt.] a net of pearls.
muttāvali : [m.] a string of pearls.
muttāhāra : [m.] a string of pearls.
mutti : [f.] release; freedom.
mudā : [f.] gladness.
mudiṇga : [m.] a small drum.
mudita : [adj.] glad; satisfied. || muditā (f.), sympathy in other’s welfare.
muditamana : [adj.] with gladdened heart.
mudu : [adj.] soft; mild; tender.
muduka : [adj.] soft; mild; tender.
muducitta : [adj.] of a tender heart.
mudujātika : [adj.] of tender nature.
mudutā : [nt.] softness; plasticity.
mudutta : [nt.] softness; plasticity.
mudubhūta : [adj.] supple; malleable.
muduhadaya : [adj.] of a tender heart.
muddaṅkaṇa : [nt.] printing.
muddā : [f.] a seal; a stamp; an impression; gesture; printing.
muddāpaka : [m.] printer.
muddāpana : [nt.] printing.
muddāpita : [pp. of muddāpeti] printed.
muddāpeti : [deno. from muddā] prints.
muddāpetvā : [abs. of muddāpeti] having printed.
muddāpesi : [aor. of muddāpeti] printed.
muddāyanta : [nt.] a printing press.
muddikā : [f.] grape-vine; grapes; a seal ring; signet ring.
muddikāsava : [m.] wine.
muddha : [adj.] foolish; bewildered. || muddhā (m.), the head; top; summit.
muddhaja : [adj.] lingual. (m.), hair.
muddhatā : [f.] foolishness.
muddhātuka : [adj.] foolish in nature.
muddhādhipāta : [m.] splitting of the head.
muddhāvasitta : [adj.] properly anointed (king).
mudhā : [ind.] gratis; for nothing.
munāti : [mum + a] knows; understands.
muni : [aor. of munāti] knew; understood. (m.), a monk.
muninda : [m.] the great sage.
muyhati : [muh + ya] forgets; becomes dull; infatuates.
muyhana : [nt.] forgetfulness; infatuation.
muyhamāna : [pr.p. of muyhati] forgetting; becoming dull; infatuating.
muyhi : [aor. of muyhati] forgot; became dull; infatuated.
muyhitvā : [abs. of muyhati] having forgotten; having become dull; having infatuated.
muraja : [m.] a tambourine.
murumurāyati : [onom. from muru-muru] bites up with a cracking sound.
muḷāla : [nt.] lotus root.
muḷālapuppha : [nt.] lotus flower.
musala : [m.] a pestle.
musalī : [adj.] with a pestle in hand.
musā : [ind.] falsehood; lie. || mūsā (f.) a crucible.
musāvāda : [m.] lying.
mussati : [mus + ya] forgets; passes into oblivion.
mussi : [aor. of mussati] forgot; passed into oblivion.
mussitvā : [abs. of mussati] having forgotten; having passed into oblivion.
muhuṃ : [adv.] very quickly.
muhutta : [m.; nt.] a moment; a minute.
muhuttaṃ : [adv.] a moment.
muhuttika : [adj.] existing only for a moment. (m.), an astrologer.
muhuttena : [adv.] in a moment.
mūga : [adj.] dumb; a dumb person.
mūla : [nt.] root; money; cash; foot; bottom; origin; cause; foundation; beginning.
mūlaka : [m.] the reddish. (adj.), (in cpds.), being conditioned by; originating in.
mūlakanda : [m.] a bulbous root.
mūladhana : [nt.] the deposited money.
mūlabīja : [nt.] germinative root.
mūlasatena : with 100 roots.
mūlika : [adj.] fundamental; elementary.
mūlya : [nt.] payment; wages.
mūḷha : [pp. of muyhati] gone astray; forgotten; confused; erring; foolish.
mūsika : [m.] a rat; mouse. || mūsikā (f.) a rat; mouse.
mūsikacchinna : [adj.] gnawed by mice.
mūsikavacca : [nt.] mice-dung.
me : [dat. and gen. sing. of amha] to me; my; mine.
mekhalā : [f.] a girdle for women.
megha : [m.] rain; a cloud.
meghanāda : [m.] a thunder.
meghanibha : [adj.] cloude-like.
meghavaṇṇa : [adj.] cloud-coloured, i.e. black.
mecaka : [adj.] black; dark blue.
mejjha : [adj.] pure.
meṇḍa : [m.] a ram; sheep.
meṇḍaka : [m.] a ram; sheep.
mettacitta : [adj.] having a benevolent heart.
mettā : [f.] amity; benevolence.
mettākammaṭṭhāna : [nt.] cultivation of benevolence.
mettābhāvanā : [f.] cultivation of benevolence.
mettāyati : [deno. from mettā] feels friendly; to be benevolent.
mettāyanā : [f.] friendly feeling.
mettāyanta : [pr.p. of mettāyati] feeling friendly.
mettāyi : [aor. of mettāyati] felt friendly.
mettāyitvā : [abs. of mettāyati] having felt friendly.
mettāvihārī : [adj.] abiding in kindliness.
metti : [f.] amity; benevolence.
metteyyanātha : [m.] the coming Buddha, Metteyya.
methuna : [nt.] sexual intercourse; coupling.
methunadhamma : [m.] sexual intercourse; coupling.
meda : [m.] the fat.
medakathālikā : [f.] a saucepan for frying fat.
medavaṇṇa : [adj.] of the colour of fat.
medinī : [f.] the earth.
medha : [m.] a religious sacrifice. || medhā (f.) wisdom.
medhaga : [m.] a quarrel.
medhāvinī : [f.] a wise woman.
medhāvī : [m.] the wise.
meraya : [nt.] fermented liquor.
meru : [m.] name of the highest mountain in the world.
melana : [nt.] a gathering; meeting.
mesa : [m.] a ram.
meha : [m.] a urinary affliction.
mehana : [nt.] the male or female organ.
mokkha : [m.] release; freedom; deliverance; the final release.
mokkhaka : [adj.] one who releases.
mokkhati : [mokkh + a] is free or saved.
mokkhamagga : [m.] the path leading to salvation.
mogha : [adj.] empty; vain; useless.
moghapurisa : [m.] a stupid or useless person.
moca : [m.] the plantain tree.
mocana : [nt.] setting free; discharging.
mocāpana : [nt.] causation of one’s freedom; deliverance.
mocāpeti : [caus. of moceti] causes to be released.
mocita : [pp. of moceti] delivered; set free; released.
mociya : [abs. of moceti] having delivered; having set free; having released.
moceti : [muc + e] delivers; sets free; releases.
mocetuṃ : [inf. of moceti] to deliver; to set free; to release.
mocetvā : [abs. of moceti] having delivered; having set free; having released.
mocenta : [pr.p. of moceti] delivering; setting free; releasing.
mocesi : [aor. of moceti] delivered; set free; released.
modaka : [m.] a globular sweet-meat.
modati : [mud + a] rejoices; is happy.
modana : [nt.] rejoicing; enjoyment. || modanā (f.) rejoicing; enjoyment.
modamāna : [pr.p. of modati] rejoicing.
modi : [aor. of modati] rejoiced; was happy.
modita : [pp. of modati] rejoiced; was happy.
moditvā : [abs. of modati] having rejoiced.
mona : [nt.] wisdom; self-possession; silence.
moneyya : [nt.] moral perfection.
momuha : [adj.] dull; silly; bewildered.
mora : [m.] a peacock.
morapiñja : [nt.] peacock’s tail.
moḷi : [m.; f.] top knot of hair; crown of the head.
mosa : [m.] theft.
mosana : [nt.] theft.
mosavajja : [nt.] untruth.
moha : [m.] stupidity; delusion.
mohakkhaya : [m.] destruction of ignorance.
mohacarita : [adj.] of foolish habits.
mohatama : [m.] the darkness of ignorance.
mohana : [nt.] making dull; enticement; allurement.
mohanaka : [adj.] bewildering; leading astray.
mohanīya : [adj.] leading to infatuation.
mohaneyya : [adj.] leading to infatuation.
mohita : [pp. of moheti] deceived; befooled; deluded.
moheti : [muh + e] deceives; befools; deludes.
mohetvā : [abs. of moheti] having deceived; having befooled; having deluded.
mohesi : [aor. of moheti] deceived; befooled; deluded.
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