(p. 540) dhārāpāta heavy and incessant rain; a book of arithmetical enumeration. 24)

(p. 545) dhbānta darkness, gloom. ধ্বান্তারি n. the sun (esp. when personified), (cp.) Sol. 39)

(p. 540) dhika fie.

(p. 529) dhaḍ় the body apart from the head and legs or limbs, the trunk, the torso; a truncated body. ধড়ে প্রাণ আসা (fig.) to recover or regain mental composure (as after a deadly or severe shock). 6)

(p. 542) dhīrōdātta (rhet.) a type of hero who is calm and modest and is unmoved by reverses of fortune and who protects others. 11)

(p. 543) dhumaḍ়i a corpulent (and usu. lazy) woman. 17)

(p. 532) dhariẏē (used as a sfx.) one who holds or catches or captures. 15)

(p. 545) dhauti washing and cleaning; a method of cleaning entrails or intestines with water (a practice in হঠযোগ). 26)

(p. 542) dhun̐kani a spell of panting for breath; palpitation, throbbing. 13)

(p. 531) dhapa dhapa expressing: brilliant whiteness or tidiness. ধপ ধপ করা v. to appear brilliantly white or tidy. ধপধপে a. brilliantly white (ধপধপে কাপড়); luminous (ধপধপে জোছনা); immaculately tidy (ধপধপে উঠোন); brilliant or dazzling (ধপধপে সাদা). 11)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)

(p. 531) dhamaka, dhamakāni a rebuff, a snub; a scolding, a reprimand; threat, intimidation. ধমক দেওয়া, ধমকানো v. to rebuff, to snub; to scold, to reprimand; to threaten, to intimidate. ধমকধামক n. mild reproof, expression of blame or disapproval. 15)

(p. 532) dhābaka one who runs or flies; one who cleanses or washes; used in cleaning or washing (ধাবক পদার্থ); carrying a message or letter. n. a washerman; a runner; a flier; a courier, a postal runner, a messenger.

(p. 543) dhupa1 sunlight, the sun. 13)

(p. 532) dhānyēśbarī (facet. & dero.) an inferior wine prepared from rice, rice-grog (coll. ধেনো). 84)