(p. 439) ḍhālā to pour (দুধ ঢালা); to cast, to mould (ছাঁচে ঢালা); to invest or spend esp. lavishly (ব্যাবসাতে টাকা ঢালা, ছেলের পড়াশোনার পিছনে টাকা ঢালা); to confer (স্নেহ ঢালা); to cause to flow out (দেশের জন্য রক্ত ঢালা). a. that which is poured (ঢালা জল); cast, moulded; extensively outspread, large, spacious (ঢালা বিছানা, ঢালা ফরাশ); lavishly distributed (ঢালা খাবার); permanent, standing (ঢালা হুকুম). ঢালাই n. act of casting or moulding. a. moulded, cast (ঢালাই লোহা). ঢালাই করা v. to mould, to cast. ঢালাইকর n. a caster. ঢালাই-কারখানা n. an ironfoundry; a foundry. 8)

(p. 439) ḍhāla1 a shield; a buckler. 6)

(p. 440) ḍhuḍhu (also n.) expressing nothingness. কাজের বেলায় ঢুঢু found wanting when called upon to prove (one's) worth; of no worth or value at the time of work or crucial test. 4)

(p. 438) ḍhala a slope, an incline; declivity; stream of water running down along the slope of a mountain, a rapid (ঢল নেমেছে); flood-water (esp. that puts a river in spate). 11)

(p. 439) ḍhipi a mound; a hillock; an artificial hill; a heap, a pile (কাপড়চোপড়ের ঢিপি); a hill (উইয়ের ঢিপি). 15)

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐kura a belch, an eructation. ঢেকুর তোলা v. to belch, to eructate. 14)

(p. 438) ḍh the fourteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐ḍ়i2 a kind of earring; a poppy-seed; a poppy pod or seed-vessel. 13)

(p. 439) ḍhāmāli pleasantries, drolleries, jokes. 5)

(p. 438) ḍhakkā a large drum. ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নিনাদ n. the sound of such a drum. 6)

(p. 438) ḍhapa2 expressing: a thudding noise as of a heavy body falling softly; the dull noise of striking a soft and empty swelling or a flatulent belly. 9)

(p. 440) ḍhulā (dial.) to nod or stoop in drowsiness or intoxication. 6)

(p. 438) ḍha1 affected or conquettish bearing or pose; dissimulation; affectation; shape, form, cut, fashion, style, manner. ঢঙি a. fem. given to affectation; conquettish; dissimulating. n. such a woman, a poseuse. 3)

(p. 438) ḍhalaḍhala expressing: excessive looseness (জামাটা ঢলঢল করছে); loveliness (মুখ খানা ঢলঢল করছে); wideness or largeness (আঁখি ঢলঢল); engrossed or rapt state (ভাবে ঢলঢল); a. large or wide and expressive (ঢলঢল আখি); full of beauty or charm. ('ঢলঢল কাঁচা অঙ্গের লাবনি'). ঢলঢলে a. very loose-fitting (ঢলঢলে জামা); full of loveliness (ঢলঢলে মুখ). 13)

(p. 438) ḍhalatā extra quantity of any commodity added to the accurately weighed amount (perhaps to ensure customersatisfaction). 14)