Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera

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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.