මහා·දේවි, n. the great goddess, ap. of දුර්‍ගා, wife of Siva.

මණ්ඩලාර්‍ධ, a. (අර්‍ධ half), half-disk-, half-round, අඩවටකුරු.

මිරිස් කරළ, n. pod of chillies.

මැනව, මැනවි, a word equivalent to හොඳයි: 'It is good or it would be well if'. It is generally used with the past tense of a verb in a precative sense as a very respectful or earnest entreaty, as මේක කළ මැනව, 'It would be well if you did this, be pleased to do this.' [Cp. මනා.]

මිථ්‍යා·ප්‍රබන්‍ධ, a. ficticious, fabulous, legendary, mythical, mythological, බොරු ප්‍රබන්‍ධාකාර.

මිනිදෝරු· (—මිනින්දෝරු·) තැන or මහත්මයා, n. land-surveyor, surveyor.

මිනින්නඹුව, මිනීනඹුව, n. midwife, වින්නඹුව.

මකු, a. defacing, obliterating; banderous, ගුණමකු.

මකර, n. myth. a sea monster with the head and fore legs of an antelope and body and tail of a fish,—it is the emblem of the god of love; as a figure in the zodiac it corresponds to Capricorn: see මකරය &c. above.

මෑ, n. long beans; general name for beans or pulse.