(p. 484) daphatara, daptara an office; a secretariat; official papers, files, registers, records (দফতর গোছানো); definite charge, portfolio (দফতরহীন). দফতরখানা, দপ্তরখানা n. a record room. দফতরহীন, দপ্তরহীন a. without portfolio (দফতরহীন মন্ত্রী,). দফতরি, দপ্তরি) n. a record keeper; an office-boy in charge of official files, stamps etc. and postage; a book-binder. 5)

(p. 484) daphā an instalment, a time; an item; a section, a paragraph, a clause, a division; condition, state, affair (তার দফা রফা). দফায় দফায় by instalments; again and again. ̃রফা (or নিকেশ or শেষ) করা v. to kill; (vul.) to do for; to undo or ruin or discomfit utterly. দফারফা হওয়া v. to be ruined or undone. 6)

(p. 484) daphāōẏāri counted or given or arranged instalment by instalment or item by item; (inc.) piecemeal. 7)

(p. 484) daphādāra a military or police officer holding a rank equivalent to that of a corporal. 8)

(p. 484) daphē item. দফে দফে adv. by instalments; item by item. 9)