(p. 517) dēśi indigenous. n. a musical mode. দেশি কাপড় a variety of loincloth produced by the weavers of Bengal on handlooms; cloth manufactured in India (as opp. to বিলাতি). দেশি কুম়ড়ো see কুমড়ো । দেশি জিনিস, দেশি পন্য a home product; indigenous goods. 27)

(p. 495) dāma2 a thread, a cord (দামোদর); a string, a garland (কুসুমদাম); a bunch, a cluster, a lock (কেশদাম); a watercress or an aquatic grass (দামদল). 19)

(p. 522) dōhaka one who or that which milks; (fig.) one who exacts or extorts. 21)

(p. 492) dāgā3 an emotional shock or distress or affliction (মনে দাগা পাওয়া); treachery or deception (দাগাবাজ); a specimen script for tracing to practise handwriting. দাগা বোলানো v. to practise handwriting by tracing on a specimen script. ̃দার a. one who harms or shocks; treacherous. ̃দারি n. act of harming or giving emotional shocks; treachery. ̃বাজ a. treacherous; deceitful; fraudulent. ̃বাজি n. treachery; deception; fraudulence. দাগাবাজি করা v. to practise treachery or deception or fraud. 18)

(p. 495) dāra1 (usu. in comp.) a wife. ̃কর্ম ̃গ্রহণ, ̃পরিগ্রহ n. act of taking a wife, marriage or wedding (of a man). 40)

(p. 492) dātrī of দাতা । 28)

(p. 499) ditsā desire for giving or contributing (esp. in charity). দিত্সু a. desirous of giving or contributing. 10)

(p. 497) digbijaẏa conquest of (all the quarters of) the world (by armed invasion or by any good quality such as learning, literary talent etc.), world-conquest. দিগ্বিজয় করা v. to conquer the whole world. দিগ্বিজয়ী a. world conquering. n. a world-conquerer. 28)

(p. 492) dādā an elder brother or cousin brother; (voc.) a (paternal or maternal) grandfather; (voc.) an older or senior man; (in affectionate address) a younger brother, a younger cousin (brother), a grandson, a younger or junior man. ̃বাবু n. an employer or master as respectable as one's elder brother; (dial.) an elder sister's or cousin's husband. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahmin (as addressed by a non-Brahmin). ̃মশায়, ̃মশাই n. a maternal (or also paternal) grandfather. ̃শ্বশুর n. a grandfather-in-law or grand-uncle-in-law. 34)

(p. 481) daṇḍarha deserving punishment, punishable. 28)

(p. 500) dīkṣaka one who initiates esp. to a religious practice. n. an initiator, a preceptor, a guru, a teacher. 19)

(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. 507) durgama difficult of access or approach, not easily passable; inaccessible; impenetrable; difficult to know or cognize or comprehend. 15)

(p. 522) dbiṣat a malicious person; an antagonist; an enemy. 61)

(p. 492) dātyūha a species of water-fowl, the gallinule. 26)