(p. 542) dhīrōddhata (rhet.) a type of hero who is resourceful and usually gentle-natured but at times arrogant and vain. 12)

(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. 529) dhanādhikārī possessed of or possessing wealth. 17)

(p. 532) dharmāntara another religion, a different religion. ̃গ্রহণ n. adoption of or conversion to a different religion. ধর্মান্তর গ্রহণ করা v. to adopt a different religion, to be converted to a different religion. ধর্মান্তরিত a. converted to a different religion. fem. ধর্মান্তরিতা । ধর্মান্তরিত ব্যক্তি n. a religious convert. ধর্মান্তরীকরণ n. conversion to a different faith or religion, proselytism. 25)

(p. 545) dhṛṣṭa arrogant, haughty, insolent; impertinent, audacious, saucy, pert, (coll.) cheeky; talkative; garrulous; impudent. shameless; lascivious, lewd. fem. ধৃষ্টা । ̃তা n. arrogance, insolence, impertinence, audacity, sauciness, pertness; (coll.) cheek, talkativeness, garrulity; impudence, shamelessness; lasciviousness; lewdness. 2)

(p. 540) dhāmā a hemispherical rattan-basket or wicker-basket or scuttle having no lid. ̃চাপা a. (fig.) concealed, hushed up, shelved. ̃চাপা দেওয়া v. to conceal, to hush up, to shelve. ধামা ধরা v. to fawn or cringe (upon). ̃ধরা a. cringing, fawning. n. a servile flatterer or sycophant or toady. 11)

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

(p. 543) dhūmra same as ধূমল (see ধূম). n. (inc.) smoke, fume, vapour, gas. ̃বর্ণ a. smoke-coloured, dark purple. ̃লোচন a. having dark purple eye. 35)

(p. 540) dhābamāna rushing; running; flying; fleeting. 5)

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

(p. 540) dhāraṇā conception; realization or comprehension; feeling or impression; supposition, surmise; a notion; an idea; belief or faith; remembrance or memory; intelligence; rapt attention. ধারণা করা v. to conceive; to realize or comprehend; to feel, to have an impression (of); to suppose, to guess; to form or have an idea (of); to believe; to think. ̃তীত a. inconceivable; incomprehensible; (loos.) unthought of, unexpected. ̃শক্তি n. ability to conceive an idea, power of comprehension; intelligence; retentive capacity or power. 18)

(p. 545) dhōlāi act of washing; act of washing and bleaching; (fig.) sound beating (ধোলাই দেওয়া). a. washed; washed and bleached. 22)

(p. 529) dhanādhipa, dhanādhipati the lord of wealth; Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon. 18)

(p. 529) dhanārthī desirous of obtaining or earning money, seeking money. 22)

(p. 531) dhanba, dhanbā (chiefly used in comp.) a bow (সুধন্বা). 7)