Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Pali Case Meaning Same Case
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.