(p. 492) dānta2 dental; made of tooth or ivory. 48)

(p. 485) darakāra necessity; need; requirement; use. তোমার দরকার কত what is your requirement? তোমার দরকার কী what do you want? what is your business? তাকে তোমার কী দরকার what do you want him for? why do you want him? what do you want to do with him? তাতে তোমার দরকার কী how does it concern you? দরকারি a. necessary; useful; important (দরকারি কথা). তোমার দরকার নেই it is none of your business or concern. দরকারমতো according to necessity, as and when necessary. 24)

(p. 495) dāmpatya conjugal, nuptial. n. conjugal relation, conjugality; conjugal love. ̃প্রণয়, ̃প্রেম n. mutual love between husband and wife, conjugal love. 25)

(p. 497) dāhya inflammable; combustible; that which is fit to be burned. দাহ্য পদার্থ combustible substance. 14)

(p. 505) dumaḍ়ānō to fold or twist by pressure. a. thus folded or twisted. 13)

(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. 522) dbitīẏa second; another. দ্বিতীয়া a. fem. second; another; (of the days of a lunar fortnight) second. n. a second day of a lunar fortnight. দ্বিতীয়ত adv. secondly, in the second place. দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধ n. the Second World War. দ্বিতীয়াশ্রম n. the domestic or married life which is the second of the four stages of human life according to Hindu scriptures. 56)

(p. 508) dulē one of a backward or depressed caste amongst the Hindus (usually employed as palanquin-carriers). fem. দুলেনি । 54)

(p. 500) dīpāgāra the lighthouse. 30)

(p. 508) dūta a messenger; a courier; an envoy; an ambassador; an emissary; a harbinger, a forerunner; a go-between (esp. in an unlawful love-affair); a pander, a procurer, a male bawd; (now rare) a spy. fem. দূতী, দূতি (esp. in the sense of a bawd or panderess). দূতাবাস n. an ambassador's residence (and office), an embassy. দূতালি n. office of a messenger or courier or envoy or ambassador or emissary; forerunning; office of a go-between; bawdry; panderism; espionage. দূতিয়ালি, দূতীয়ালি, দূতিগিরি দূতীগিরি n. office of a bawd or panderess, bawdry. 77)

(p. 499) diṅmanḍala the horizon. 8)

(p. 485) dampati, dampatī a husband and a wife, a male and a female creature, a couple. 10)

(p. 517) dōrdanḍa the hand conceived as the rod (of punishment). a. (erron.) terrible (দোর্দন্ড ক্রোধ বা গরম). ̃প্রতাপ a. terribly powerful or mighty. n. the might of the hand; terrible might. 81)

(p. 522) dōṣābaha faulty, defective; noxious; harmful; vicious; blamable. 13)

(p. 522) dbaipāẏana one who is born in an island; an appellation of Vyasa ব্যাস the author of the Mahabharata. 71)