(p. 440) ḍhōla a tom-tom. ঢোল দেওয়া v. to announce or circulate by beating a tomtom. ঢোল পেটা v. (dero.) to beat a tomtom; (dero.) to make a loud noise (কথা বলছে যেন ঢোল পিটছে); to announce or circulate by beating a tom-tom; (usu. dero.) to make public. ঢোল হওয়া v. to be swollen in the shape as of a tomtom. নিজের ঢোল নিজে পেটা to beat one's own trumpet, to advertise oneself. ঢোলক n. a small variety of tom-tom. ̃শোহরত n. announcement or circulation by beating a tom-tom. 24)

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐ki a kind of husking pedal operated in a seesaw manner. ঢেঁকির আঁকশলি the fulcrum of a husking pedal. ̃কল n. a seesaw. ̃শাক n. an edible fern. ̃শাল, ̃শালা n. a room (usu. a cutcha one) where the husking pedal is fixed. ঢেঁকি স্বর্গে গেলেও ধান ভানে (fig.) an expert worker has to work even in heaven; a drudge will drudge even in heaven. 10)

(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. 440) ḍhōn̐ḍ়ā2 a non-venomous water-snake; (sarcas.) a person without personality and power. 21)

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

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

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐ḍ়ā, ḍhēn̐ḍ়i1 a drum, a tympan (ঢেঁড়া পেটা); a proclamation by drum-beat (ঢেঁড়া দেওয়া). 12)

(p. 440) ḍhōn̐ḍ়na act of searching or traversing. 20)

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

(p. 438) ḍhāka1 a drum. ঢাক পেটা, ঢাক বাজানো v. to beat a drum; (fig.) to make public or announce publicly. ঢাকের কাঠি a drumstick; (fig.) an instigator. ঢাকের বাঁয়া useless appurtenances or paraphernalia; something merely decorative. ঢাকের বাদ্যি drum-beat. ঢাকের দায়ে মনসা বিকানো (fig.) to run insolvent in attempting to keep up appearances, to sell one's homestead to grease one's car. 18)

(p. 438) ḍhapa1 shape, form, cut, fashion; a kind of song attended with slow dance current in Bengal. 8)

(p. 440) ḍhulānō (obs.) to wave (টামর ঢুলানো); to rock or dangle (মা শিশুকে ঢুলাছে). 7)

(p. 440) ḍhēu a wave; a billow, a surge; a ripple; ঢেউ ওঠা v. to rise in waves or surges or ripples; to wave, to surge, to ripple; ঢেউ কাটানো v. to dodge waves. ঢেউ খেলা v. to move in waves or ripples, to wave, to ripple. ঢেউ তোলা v. to cause to rise in waves or surges or ripples, to surge, to ripple; to swell up in waves or surges or ripples, to surge up. ঢেউ-খেলানো, ঢেউ-তোলা a. wavy; undulating; corrugated. 9)

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