(p. 485) daśa ten; (fig.) the people, the public (দেশ ও দশ, দশের কাজ); (fig.) several persons united into a body (দশে মিলি করি কাজ). a. ten; many, several (দশ কথা শোনান, এক কথা দশবার শোনানো). দশই n. the tenth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) tenth. দশক n. (arith.) the place of tens; a decade. ̃কথা n. many words; much talking; many rude words, much scolding. ̃কর্ম n. the ten Hindu sacraments. ̃কর্মান্বিত a. one who takes or has taken the ten Hindu sacraments. ̃কাহন n. ten kahans (কাহন); many words; much talking; exaggeration; many rude words, much scolding. ̃কিয়া n. a table of numeration by multiple of ten. ̃কোষী, (dial.) ̃কুশি n. a measure of kirtan (কীর্তন) songs. ̃গুন a. & adv. ten times. ˜চক্র n. a plot or intrigue or bad counsel by ten or many persons. দশচক্রে ভগবান ভূত (fig.) even a very intelligent man may be discomfited or cornered or pushed to the wall or endangered by the intrigue or bad counsel of the many. ̃তলক n. a decahedron. ̃দশা see ̃দশা । ̃দিক see দিক । ̃নামী n. ten religious communities obeying the doctrines of Shankaracharya. ̃পঁচিশ n. an indoor game like dice played with cowries (কড়ি). ̃প্রহরণধারিণী a. fem. (also used as n.) holding ten weapons esp. in ten hands (an epithet of Goddess Durga). ̃বল see বল । ̃বিধ a. of ten kinds or varieties. ̃বিধ সংস্কার the ten Hindu sacraments. ̃ভুজ (বা দশকোণী) ক্ষেত্র n. a decagon. ̃ভুজা a. fem. (also used as n.) ten-handed (an epithet of Goddess Durga). দশম a. tenth. ̃মহাবিদ্যা see মহাবিদ্যা । দশমাংশ, দশাংশ n. a tenth; the tenth part. ̃মাবতার n. (kalki) (কল্কি) the tenth and last incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃মিক a. (arith.) decimal (দশমিক ভগ্নাংশ). n. (arith.) decimal fraction. দশমিক পদ্ধতি decimal system. দশমিক-মুদ্রা প্রথা decimal system of coinage. দশমিকমুদ্রা প্রথা চালু করা বা হওয়া to go decimal. দশমী n. the tenth day of a lunar fortnight. ̃মূল see মূল । ̃রথ n. one whose chariot can fly in all ten directions; Ramachandra's father (in the Ramayana). ̃শত n. & a. thousand. ˜সহস্র n. & a. ten thousand, myriad. ˜সালা a. decennial. দশসালা বন্দোবস্ত (hist.) the decennial settlement (of land). ̃স্কন্ধ a. ten-necked. ̃হারা n. the tenth day of the lunar fortnight of the month of Jaistha (জ্যৈষ্ঠ); the date of the descent of the Ganges upon earth; on this date a bath in the Ganges relieves one of ten kinds of sin. ̃হাত n. ten cubits. a. measuring ten cubits; (fig.) very much expanded or puffed up (বুক ফুলে দশ হাত). ̃হাতি a. measuring ten cubits; (of cloth) having the standard length (=1 cubits). 72)

(p. 522) drāba act of melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবক a. solvent; corrosive. n. a solvent; an acid (গন্ধক দ্রাবক = nitric acid, যবক্ষার দ্রাবক = sulphuric acid). দ্রাবণ n. melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবিত a. melted, liquefied, dissolved or solved. 108)

(p. 492) dān̐ta a tooth; a tusk (as of an elephant or a hog); a fang (as of a serpent); (fig.) strength or pride (এ পরাজয়ে শত্রুদের দাঁত ভেঙে গেছে). দাঁত ওঠা v. to cut teeth, to teethe. দাঁত ওঠানো v. to have a tooth extracted; to extract a tooth. দাঁত কনকন করা v. to be afflicted with toothache. দাঁত কিড়মিড় করা v. to gnash or grind one's teeth (esp. in anger). দাঁত খিঁচানো v. to scold bawlingly and with grimaces, to show one's teeth. দাঁত তোলা v. to extract a tooth. দাঁত তোলানো v. to have a tooth extracted. দাঁত নড়া v. to have a tooth loosened. দাঁত পড়া v. to have a tooth fallen away. দাঁত ফেলা same as দাঁত ওঠানো । দাঁত ফোটানো v. (lit.) to pierce with teeth, to bite; (fig.) to be able to understand or comprehend. দাঁত বাঁধানো v. to make or have artificial teeth (or tooth); to fit with denture. দাঁত বিঁধানো same as দাঁত ফোটানো । দাঁত ভাঙা v. (fig.) to humble one's pride or weaken one's strength. দাঁত মাজা v. to brush or cleanse one's teeth. দাঁতে কুটো করা (fig.) to eat dirt, to eat the humble pie. দাঁতের গোড়া the root of a tooth, the gum. দাঁতের পাথরি chalk-like substance deposited on the teeth, tarter. দাঁতের পোকা caries. দাঁতে দাঁতে লাগা same as দাঁত কপাটি লাগা । আক্কেল দাঁত a wisdom tooth. কুকুরের দাঁত a canine tooth (of man), an incisor. গজ দাঁত an additional or extra tooth growing out of the root of another tooth, a subsidiary tooth. দুধে দাঁত a milk-tooth; milk dentition; a stomach-tooth. পোকাদাঁত n. a carious tooth. বাঁধানো দাঁত an artificial tooth, a false tooth. মাড়ির দাঁত a cheek-tooth, a molar tooth, a molar. শুয়োরের দাঁত a tusk. সাপের দাঁত a fang. হাতির দাঁত a tusk. দাঁত কনকনানি n. toothache. দাঁত-কপাটি n. state of having one's teeth clenched (esp. in fear or convulsive fits), lockjaw, trismus. দাঁতকপাটি লাগা v. to have one's teeth clenched, to be affected with lockjaw or trismus. দাঁত-ভাঙা a. difficult to pronounce or understand, break-jaw. দাঁতের মাজন n. dentifrice, a tooth-powder or toothpaste. দাঁত থাকতে দাঁতের মর্যাদা না বোঝা not to value blessings till they are gone. 5)

(p. 517) dēśika a traveller; one who guides along the right path or shows the way to salvation; a preceptor (দেশিকোত্তম). 28)

(p. 508) durbhaga unfortunate, ill-fated. দুর্ভগা a. fem. unfortunate, ill-fated; estranged from the love of one's husband. 28)

(p. 497) diggaja (myth.) any one of the eight celestial elephants guarding the quarters of the globe; (chiefly iron.) a very erudite or prominent or capable man; a portentous idiot. a. (chiefly iron.) very erudite or vastly learned or prominent or capable (দিগ্গজ পন্ডিত, দিগ্গজ উকিল, দিগ্গজ ছেলে). 18)

(p. 500) diśā a point of the compass; a quarter of the globe; trace (পথের দিশা); collectedness of one's mind for ascertaining what one should do (দিশাহারা). দিশা না পাওয়া v. to fail to find out; to be at a loss (to determine, ascertain, devise or find out); to be nonplussed or bewildered. ̃হারা a. failing to ascertain the points of the compass; failing to ascertain the right way; (fig.) confused, nonplussed, bewildered, confounded, perplexed to the extreme. 17)

(p. 485) daridra poor, penurious, indigent; lacking, deficient; wretched. fem. দরিদ্রা । ̃তা n. poverty, penury; indigence; lack, deficiency; wretchedness. ̃নারায়ণ n. the poor conceived as God personified; the beggar class. ̃নিবাস n. a poorhouse; a workhouse. 43)

(p. 508) durbāra difficult to prevent or check or resist; turbulent. 16)

(p. 517) dēśāntara another country, a different country; a distant land; (geog.) longitude. দেশান্তরিত a. gone to another country or a different country; gone to a distant or foreign land; expelled from a country or from one's country; living and settled in a foreign country. দেশান্তরি a. gone to a foreign country; emigrant, migrant; living or settled in a foreign country. 26)

(p. 485) daśērā a feast (held by non-Bengalis) on the day of immersion of the image of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 82)

(p. 495) dābā়ḍ়ē, dābāḍ়u a chess-player. 15)

(p. 522) dbi two. a. two; double. incomp. bi-, di-, two- etc. দ্বি-অংশক a. (bot.) bimerous. দ্বি-আর্ক a. (bot.) di-arch. দ্বিকক্ষ a. bicameral. ̃কর্মক a. (gr.) having two objects, having double objects. ̃কেশর a. (bot.) diandrous. ̃কোষ a. (bio.) bivalve, bivalvular. ̃কোষ্ঠ a. (bot.) bilocular. ̃খণ্ড, ̃খণ্ডিত a. cut or divided into two (equal or unequal) pieces; bisected; bifurcated. দ্বিখণ্ড করা v. to cut or divide into two pieces; to bisect; to bifurcate. ̃খণ্ডক n. (geom.) a bisector. ̃খণ্ডন n. (geom.) bisection; bifurcation. ̃গর্ভ a. (bio. & zoo.) marsupial; (bot.) bicarpellate. ̃গুচ্ছ a. (bot.) diadelphous. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by two, doubled; two times of; double. ̃গুণিত, ̃গুণীকৃত a. doubled, multiplied by two. ̃ঘাত n. (alg.) quadratic. ̃ঘাত সমীকরণ quadratic equation. অমিশ্র দ্বিঘাত (alg.) pure quadratic. ̃চক্রযান n. a two-wheeler; a bicycle. ̃চত্বারিংশ n. & a. forty-two. ˜চত্বারিংশত্ a. forty-two. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-second. fem. দ্বিচত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃চারিণী a. fem. adulterous, unchaste; unfaithful to one's husband; (ori.) sexually attached to two men. ̃জাতিতত্ত্ব n. the two-nation theory. ̃জিহ্বা a. double-tongued; having a bifurcated or double-pronged tongue; (fig.) given to lying or insincere talk. n. the snake; a liar. ̃তয় a. aggregate of two. n. a couple, a pair; a twin; a couplet. ̃তল a. (of a building) two-storied; (of a ship or other vessels) double-decked; (sc.) dihedral. n. (of a building) the first floor; (of a ship etc.) the upper deck. ̃তলকোণ n. (geom.) dihedral angle. ̃ত্ব n. doubleness; doubling; reduplication; duplication; repetition. ̃দল n. bi-petalous. n. pigeon-pea, dal. ̃দৃক a. binocular. ̃ধাতুক a. bi-metallic. ̃ধাতুমান n. bimetallism. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-two. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-second. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নেত্র a. two-eyed; binocular. ̃নেত্র দৃষ্টি binocular vision. ̃পক্ষ a. two-winged; bipartite (দ্বিপক্ষ দ্বন্দ্ব); having two fortnights; continuing for two fortnights. ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-two. ˜পঞ্চাশতম a. fifty-second. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পত্র বিমান a biplane. ̃পথ a. two-way. ̃পদ a. biped, two-footed, two-legged; (alg.) binomial (দ্বিপদ রাশি = binomial expression). n. a biped. ̃পদসমীকরণ n. (alg.) equation. ̃পদী n. a couplet. ̃পরমাণুক a. (phys.) diatomic. দ্বিপাক্ষিক a. bilateral. ̃পাদ a. same as দ্বিপদ (a.). ̃পার্শ্ব, ̃পার্শ্বীয় a. bilateral (̃দ্বিপার্শ্বীয়-প্রতিসাম্য = bilateral symmetry); biparous. ̃প্রহর n. noon; midnight. ̃বচন n. (gr.) the dual number. ̃বন্ধ n. (chem.) double bond. ̃বর্ষজীবী a. (bot.) biennial. ̃বার্ষিক a. biennial; two years old; the second annual. ̃বাহু a. having two arms, twoarmed; two-sided, bilateral; double-handed (দ্বিবাহু আঘাত); having two branches, bifurcate (দ্বিবাহু পথ). ̃বিধ a. of two sorts or kinds. ̃বীজপত্রী a. (bot.) dicotyledonous. ̃ভাব a. hypocritical; insincere; deceitful; double-minded; hesitant, wavering; two-way; having two attitudes. n. hypocrisy; insincerity; duplicity, deceit; doublemindedness; hesitation; wavering; two ways or attitudes. ̃ভাষী a. speaking two (native or habitual) languages, bilingual. n. an interpreter; a bilingual person. ̃ভুজ a. having two arms or hands, two-handed; having two sides, two-sided. ̃মত n. difference of opinion. দ্বিমত পোষণ করা v. to have a difference of opinion. ̃মাসিক a. bi-monthly. ̃মুখ a. having two mouths or faces, two-mouthed, double-faced; branching into two directions, bifurcate. দ্বিমুখ টেলিগ্রাফ duplex telegraph. ̃মূল a. (phys.) binary. দ্বিমূল যৌগিক binary compound. ̃মেরু a. (phys.) bipolar. ̃রদ n. the elephant. ̃রদরদ n. an elephant's tusk; ivory. ̃রূপ a. having two conflicting forms; (bot.) dimorphic; having two forms (usu. differing from each other); of or having two kinds or sorts. ̃রূপতা n. (bot.) dimorphism. ̃রেফ n. the bumble-bee. ̃লিঙ্গ a. bisexual. ̃শত n. & a. two hundred. ˜শিরস্ক, ̃শিরা, ̃শীর্ষ, ̃শীর্ষক a. twoheaded, bicephalous. ̃ষষ্ট a. sixty-second. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-two. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-second. fem. দ্বিষষ্টিতমী । ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-two. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-second. fem. দ্বিসপ্ততিতমী । ̃সমাত্রিভূজ n. (geom.) an isosceles triangle. ̃সূত্র, ̃সূত্রী a. (bot.) bifilar. 52)

(p. 522) daubārika a gateman, a doorkeeper, a janitor (fem. a janitress), a porter (fem. a porteress, a portress). 33)

(p. 507) durukti harsh or rude words; revilement, filthy language, abuse. 8)