(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 481) daḍ়i a cord, a string; a halter (ফাঁসির দড়ি a fillet (চুল-বাঁধা দড়ি). দড়ি ছেঁড়া v. to snap a string; to get loose from bonds or bondage; to escape from captivity or control. ̃ছেঁড়া a. got loosened from bonds or bondage; (fig.) out of captivity; (fig.) unrestrained. ̃দড়া n. strings and ropes, cordage. দড়ি দেওয়া v. (lit.) to give a piece of string; to put a halter round one's neck; to hang. দড়ি পাকানো v. to twist ropes and cords, to make ropes and cords. ̃কলসি n. a piece of cord and a pitcher: equipment for committing suicide (one may drown oneself by tying a pitcher full of water to one's neck with a piece of cord). তোমার দড়ি-কলসি জোটে না (in curses and scolding) go, get yourself drowned. তোমার গলায় দড়ি (in curses and scolding) go, hang yourself. ভেবে ভেবে দড়ি হওয়া to be reduced to a skeleton or be emaciated through worries and anxieties. 21)

(p. 506) duramuśa a rammer for beating down earth etc.; act of beating down with a rammer; (fig. & sarcas. or hum.) a sound drubbing. দুরমুশ করা v. to beat down with a rammer; to drub soundly. 15)

(p. 485) darpaṇa mirror, a looking-glass. 52)

(p. 522) daurbalya weakness; debility; a weak point. Same as দুর্বলতা । 35)

(p. 522) dōlāẏita caused to swing or dangle or oscillate; hung; caused to vacillate or waver or hesitate. ̃চিত্ত a. having a mind wavering with indecision. n. a vacillating mind. 7)

(p. 485) darśaka one who sees. n. a seer, an observer, an onlooker; a spectator; (loos.) a member of an audience; (loos.) a visitor. 55)

(p. 508) duṣprabēśya, duṣprabēśa difficult to enter or penetrate. 71)

(p. 485) dardura the frog; the cloud. 50)

(p. 499) dina1 a day (in all senses); the time of light from sunrise to sunset; twenty-four hours from one sunrise to the next; a sidereal day; (astr. & astrol.) a lunar day; daily working period or hours; a length of time, a period (দীর্ঘদিন); time of existence, duration of life (তার দিন ফুরিয়েছে); an age or a point of time (সেদিন আর নেই); time (আমার দিন কাটে না); an auspicious or favourable time (যদি দিন আসে). দিন কাটানো same as দিন যাপন করা । দিন গোনা v. (fig.) to look forward to eagerly (esp. for a long time). ̃কর n. the sun. ̃কল n. present time or times (দিনকাল বড় খারাপ). ̃ক্ষণ n. (astrol.) suitability or auspiciousness of a day for doing something. ̃ক্ষণ n. a conjunction of three lunar days in one sidereal day. ̃ক্ষেপ, ̃ক্ষেপণ same as দিনযাপন । ̃গত a. pertaining to a day; daily, diurnal. দিনগত পাপক্ষয় (lit. but rare) sacramental and other purifications prescribed for the daily life; (pop. & dero.) the routine drudgery or monotonous toil of daily life. ˜দগ্ধা n. (astrol.) an inauspicious day for doing anything. দিন দিন adv. day by day; gradually; everyday, daily. ̃দুপুরে adv. in broad daylight. ̃নাথ ̃পতি n. the sun. ̃পঞ্জি n. day-to-day record of events, a diary. ̃পঞ্জিকার n. a diarist. ̃পত্রী n. a daily journal, a diary. ̃পাত same as দিনযাপন । ̃ভর adv. all day long, throughout the day. ̃মজুর n. a day-labourer. ̃মণি n. the sun. ̃মান n. the time of light from sunrise to sunset, daytime. দিন মাইনে n. daily wage. ̃যাপন n. spending a day. দিনযাপন করা v. to spend one's days, to pass one's time, to lead a life; to spend a day. ̃রাত n. day and night. adv. at all hours of the day and night, constantly, always. ̃লিপি n. a diary. ̃শেষ n. close or end of a day, the evening. দিনাতিপাত করা v. spend days. দিনে-ডাকাতি robbery in broad daylight; (fig.) an extremely daring villainy or misdeed. দিনকে রাত করা (fig.) to exaggerate beyond recognition; to tell a downright lie. দিনে দিনে day by day, gradually. দিনেদুপুরে more pop. var. of দিনদুপুরে । দিনের আলো the light of the day, daylight. দিনের নাগাল পাওয়া to be in sight of better days. 15)

(p. 517) dēhi give. 42)

(p. 485) dara-kaṣākaṣi bargaining, chaffering or haggling or higgling. দর-কষাকষি করা v. to chaffer, to haggle or higgle. 23)

(p. 505) duḍ়duḍ়, duḍ়dāḍ় expressing: noise of heavy and hurried footsteps or of the rumbling of cloud; rapid and audible palpitation of the heart (esp. caused by fright etc.). 3)

(p. 485) damabāja a fibber; a braggart; a bamboozler, a hoaxer. দমবাজি n. bragging; bamboozlement, hoaxing; a hoax, a fib, a bam. 5)

(p. 508) dēōra a younger brother of one's husband, a brother-in-law. ̃ঝি n. a daughter of one's husband's younger brother. ̃পো n. a son of one's husband's younger brother. 115)