(p. 529) dhani2 (poet. & obs.) a beautiful young woman or damsel. □ a. (poet. & obs.) beautiful and young. 24)

(p. 532) dhalā (usu. dial.) white, fair, fair-complexioned. 49)

(p. 540) dhāraẏiṣṇu one who or that which holds or bears or carries or wears. 21)

(p. 532) dharā1 the earth, the world. ̃তল n. the surface or floor of the earth; the ground (মূর্ছিত হয়ে ধরাতলে পতন). ̃ধর n. a mountain. ̃ধাম n. earthly abode; the earth as an abode; the earth, the world. ̃পতি n. a king. ̃পৃষ্ঠ same as ধরাতল । ̃ভৃত্ n. a mountain. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. the ground or the floor of the earth as bed, the bed of the earth or ground. ̃শায়ী a. lying prostrate on the ground; floored, knocked down. 10)

(p. 532) dhasakā that which may easily come down, loose (ধসকা মাটি); hanging loosely; easily indisposed, unfit for hard work (ধসকা শরীর). ধসকানো v. to become so loose that it may come down (নদীর পাড় ধসকেছে); to become weak or enfeebled (শরীর ধসকানো). 52)

(p. 543) dhūmākāra shaped like or looking like smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc. 29)

(p. 540) dhāra3 an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contiguity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and position or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt. 15)

(p. 543) dhurandhara bearing the yoke; very expert or efficient or adroit; leading, chief. n. such a person. 21)

(p. 545) dhaibata (mus.) the sixth note of the gamut. 12)

(p. 543) dhumadhāḍ়ākkā great or tumultuous éclat or pomp. 18)

(p. 532) dhāi, dhāi-mā nurse; nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a midwife; a foster-mother. 57)

(p. 545) dhēḍ়ānō to soil clothes by failing to retain motion of stool or urine; (fig.) to make a mess of; to bungle. 5)

(p. 531) dhanē coriander seed, coriander. 3)

(p. 545) dhōsā1 a kind of coarse woollen wrapper. 23)

(p. 532) dhasa1 expressing a falling sound as of a landslip. 50)